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<TYPE>EX-24
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<FILENAME>egalkapoa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Ronald M. Egalka

                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

                                       FOR

                      EATON VANCE ENHANCED EQUITY INCOME FUND
              -----------------------------------------------------
                                  COMMON STOCK
                                  ------------

                              SECTION 16(a) FILINGS
                              ---------------------

     Know all by these  presents,  that the undersigned  hereby  constitutes and
appoints  each of  Paul M.  O'Neil  and A.  John  Murphy,  signing  singly,  the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

         (1)   Execute for and on behalf of and in the name of the  undersigned,
               in the  undersigned's  capacity  as an officer,  director  and/or
               stockholder of Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund (the
               "Company")  Forms 3, 4, and 5 and amendments  thereto regarding
               Common Stock of the Company in accordance with Section 16(a) of
               the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

         (2)   Do and  perform  any  and  all  acts  for  and on  behalf  of the
               undersigned  which may be  necessary or desirable to complete and
               execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 or amendment  thereto and timely
               file such form with the United  States  Securities  and  Exchange
               Commission   (the  "SEC")  and  any  stock  exchange  or  similar
               authority; and

         (3)   Take any  other  action  of any  type  whatsoever  which,  in the
               opinion of such  attorney-in-fact,  may be necessary or desirable
               in connection with the foregoing  authority,  it being understood
               that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
               the  undersigned  pursuant to this Power of Attorney  shall be in
               such form and shall  contain  such terms and  conditions  as such
               attorney-in-fact may approve.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such  attorney-in-fact full power and
authority  to do and perform any and every act and thing  whatsoever  requisite,
necessary,  or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally  present,  with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  such  attorney-in-fact,  or  such
attorney-in-fact's  substitute or substitutes,  shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this  Power of  Attorney  and the  rights  and  powers  herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing  attorneys-in-fact,  in
serving in such  capacity at the request of the  undersigned,  are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder.

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This  Power of  Attorney  shall  remain  in full  force  and  effect  until  the
undersigned is no longer  required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transaction in Common Stock of the Company, unless
earlier  revoked  by  the  undersigned  in a  signed  writing  delivered  to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as
a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 29th day of October, 2004.


                                        Ronald M. Egalka
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Print Name of Reporting Person or Entity



                                        /s/ Ronald M. Egalka
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Signature

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