Eurybates. In Greek mythology, Eurybates may refer to the same or different herald for the Greek armies during Trojan War: Eurybates, from Ithaca, served as Odysseus's squire and herald. He was described by Odysseus to Penelope as round-shouldered, dark-skinned, and curly-haired. Odysseus is said to pay him greater regard than any other of his companions for his honesty and faithfulness. Eurybates, a herald who was sent, along with Talthybius, by Agamemnon to retrieve Briseis from Achilles' camp in Iliad, I, but he might be a different person from Odysseus's herald mentioned in Iliad, 2, and in the Odyssey.