One of the first is that he immediately sees to the needs
of his guest without asking questions, etc. It was important to the Achaeans that
guests be taken care of, even when unannounced.
Another is
his intense and long-suffering loyalty to his master Odysseus. One of the main themes
of the story, particularly upon Odysseus' return, is the question of who has been loyal
and who has forgotten him or attempted to move in on his wife and his lands after he has
been gone for so long. Eumaeus has remained loyal to him despite the length of his
absence.
A third might be his somewhat hidden wisdom, the
fact that he can see right through Odysseus and picks his lies out from the stories he
is telling immediately.
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