Mutiny and Admiration

"You're a hard man, Odysseus. Your fighting spirit's stronger than ours, your stamina never fails. You must be made of iron head to foot. Look, your crew's half-dead with labor, starved for sleep, and you forbid us to set foot on land,this island here, washed by the waves, where we might catch a decent meal again"

- Eurylochus, The Odyssey Book 12, Page 280

Like in the earlier part of this chapter, Odysseus is again being raised above the rest as this super being - better in every aspect. Following this little comparison Eurylochus essentially plants the seed for a mutiny by bringing up all of the deficiencies in their plan - they need sleep, they need food, they must rest. By doing so he is undermining Odysseus' authority. He is feeding fuel to the fire.