Eumaeus’s Phoenician nurse was killed by Artemis’ arrow and thrown overboard

Evidence

Six whole days we sailed, six nights, nonstop and then, when the god brought on the seventh day, Artemis showering arrows came and shot the woman — headfirst into the bilge she splashed like a diving tern and the crewmen heaved her body over, a nice treat for the seals and fish, but left me all alone, cowering, sick at heart … — Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox, The Odyssey, 3103

Categorization

• XREF: The snatching, murderous sea woman thrown overboard echoes the pattern of other dangerous women in the Odyssey (Sirens, Scylla) and hints at the nurse’s guilt for betraying her household.