Elpénor

In the Greek Mythology, Elpénor is one of the companions of Ulysses at the time of his return of Troy.

It is changed with others into pourceau by the magician Circé, but Ulysses returns his human form to him. Being enivré, it falls from the terrace of the palate of Circé and commits suicide on the blow.

Ulysses will once again see it at the time of his visit to the Enfers.

Inspirations

The character of Elpénor was taken again by Jean Giraudoux in Elpénor , a short mythological novel published in 1919, which rewrites in a humorous way several episodes of the Odyssée .

Sources

(VII, 17).
(X, 552; XI, 51).

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