chose to ignore the consequences and killed the suitors anyway. Odysseus had absolutely no reason to kill the suitors; they had the right to stay in his home because Penelope made them feel welcome‚ Penelope and Telemachus both told them that Odysseus was dead‚ and although Telemachus told them to leave‚ he did not have the right to do so. Throughout the poem‚ Penelope encourages the suitors to stay in her home by making them think they are welcome. With Odysseus gone Penelope chooses whom she
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the beginning of the book when she wants to help Odysseus get back home to Ithaca. However‚ as fate would put it in book 22‚ Telemachus must become more of a man than he is at the beginning of our epic. Athena goes to visit Telemachus‚ disguised as a male mentor‚ lending more truth to the fact of a man’s advice being stronger than a woman’s counsel. Athena gets Telemachus thinking when she says‚ “Yet I tell you great Odysseus is not dead. He’s still alive‚ somewhere in this wide world‚ held captive
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hospitality. Homer emphasizes hospitality from everyone during Telemachus’ and Odysseus’ journeys‚ using a man’s xenos‚ host/guest relationships‚ with his guest to infer his integrity and character. If a man isn’t pure‚ then he doesn’t show hospitality and Homer makes sure that man is put in his proper place through the vengeance of those he has wronged. As far as integrity goes‚ there is no one that shows this quality greater than Telemachus. He is a moral and virtuous prince‚ devoted both to his
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Telemachus’ house is overrun by suitors trying to marry his mother‚ Penelope‚ since Odysseus has been gone for years and is presumed dead by almost everybody. The suitors embody what it means to be an awful guests and “feed on another’s goods and go scot-free” (Homer 1.187). They all make fun of their host and have intruded on their space for years on end trying to marry Odysseus’s wife while consuming all of Telemachus’ food and drink. All of the suitors were
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of living‚ Odysseus conquered them all. The story begins in the middle of the story‚ as many of the oral Greek traditions did‚ with the Journey of Telemachus to find his father. Although Telemachus has not yet met his father‚ it is almost as if they are journeying together‚ where the end of both of their journeys results in being reunited. Telemachus journeys from being a boy to becoming a man‚ while out in the sea Odysseus is battling Poseidon to return to the home that wife that he loves and the
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iii. Suitors invade palace in Ithica hoping to marry Queen Penelope iv. Prince Telemachus still a young man and powerless to stop suitors B. Athena Helps‚ Penelope Mourns i. With Zeus’s permission‚ Athena travels to Ithica to help Telemachus ii. Athena disguises herself as old friend Mentes and says Odysseus is alive and will soon return home to Ithica iii. Athena then tells Telemachus to assemble the suitors and banish them iv. Penelope hears the bard sing a song about
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hi jnokjlnkjl kj kjkj jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj ;l[pk k lok kl;k;lk;lk kl k l;kl; k l;k;lk; lkWhen Telemachus reaches Eumaeus’s hut‚ he finds the swineherd talking with a stranger (Odysseus in disguise). Eumaeus recounts Odysseus’s story and suggests that the stranger stay with Telemachus at the palace. But Telemachus is afraid of what the suitors might do to them. Eumaeus thus goes to the palace alone to tell Penelope that her son has returned. When father and son are alone
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19 where Telemachus has to take on responsibility in order to help his dad overcome the suitors and win back Penelope. One example of this is displayed when Odysseus is getting ready to fight the suitors and tells Telemachus to “‘Harness the weapons . . . itself can draw men’s hands’” (19. 5-17). Telemachus is taking on responsibility at home by helping his father move the weapons to a spot where the suitors will not be able to reach them during the fight. Another example of Telemachus taking on
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Supporting the Prince: Why Athena’s Metamorphosis was a Strategic Success Book 1: 118-373‚ Athena visiting Telemachus as Mentes will be the section under analysis. In Homer’s “The Odyssey” there are many instances of disguise and dissimulation. If you include maintaining your appearance while withholding your name‚ Odysseus often disguises himself. This is also consistent with part of his personality described as cunning. Comparatively‚ Athena disguises her whole appearance after determining
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t is my pleasure to welcome you to the academic year that looms before us like one of the mythical lands on Odysseus’s journey: unknown‚ a little scary‚ and full of promise for the intellectual adventurer. This is the seventh year that convocation has included a lecture on Homer’s Odyssey. For parents who read the text over the summer‚ I hope to provide one focus for your conference discussion tomorrow. And as a quick aside: for those of you who haven’t quite finished‚ jump ahead to book XXII and
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