Odyssey Book 21-24 PDF

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Book 21-24 Thursday, February 15, 2018

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Book 21 ○ Penelope proposes to the suitors that whoever can shoot the arrow through the axe § All of the suitors try and fail ○ Odysseus speaks to Eumaeus and Philoetius and asks them to fight with him and Tel true identity to them, showing the scar on his foot ○ Odysseus returns to the inside of the palace and asks to try shooting the arrow hims § All of the suitors complain because they wanted to retry the next day after the archer God § Antinous says that the wine has gotten to Odysseus' head and he will fail - Tele give Odysseus the bow § Odysseus does it on his first try Book 22 ○ Odysseus then shoots an arrow at Atinous before the suitors can realize what it happ § Odysseus then reveals his true identity and they are all shocked ○ Eurymachus tries to calm Odysseus down, but Odysseus says that none of them will ○ Odysseus and Telemachus begin killing the suitors § Eumaeus and Philoetius have locked all the doors leading to an exit ○ Telemachus goes to the store room to get shields and weapons for Eumaeus and Phi way out § Melanthius - one of the suitors - makes his way to the store room and beings g □ On his second trip to the store room Eumaeus and Philoetius find him an room § Needs his dad to teach him things - rookie mistake he would not have made if up ○ Athena appears - as mentor - and encourages Odysseus but does not participate at f § Athena eventually participates and the battle ends quickly ○ Odysseus only spares 2 men - Phemius (the minstrel) and Medon (herald) § Because they were unwilling participants ○ Odysseus calls Eurycleia to come out - she reveals who the disloyal servant women w § Odysseus has them clean up the palace hall and then sends them outside to ha □ Telemachus decided to hang them - even though Odysseus suggested to Book 23

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Eurycleia goes to wake Penelope - she slept through the entire battle § Penelope does not believe what Eurycleia tells her about what has happened Odysseus ○ Telemachus is upset with his mother for not greeting her long missing husband more ○ Odysseus is worried about the parents of all of the suitors - they will be angry that a § Odysseus decides that him and his family will live on their farm for a while ○ A minstrel sings a happy song so that passer-by wont be suspicion of what just happ ○ Penelope is skeptical that a God is playing a trick on her § Asks Eurycleia to move her bridal bed § Odysseus objects saying that the bed cannot be moved because it is built from house is built around □ Penelope then sees that this must be her husband ○ Odysseus and Penelope get reacquainted - Odysseus tells Penelope of his travels ○ The next day Odysseus and Telemachus travel to Laertes' orchard § Odysseus tells Penelope not to take any visitors and to stay hidden in her room § Athena cloaks Odysseus and Telemachus in darkness so that nobody will see th Book 24 ○ Hermes leads the souls of the suitors into Hades ○ Agamemnon and Achilles argue over who had the better death § They then see the suitors coming in and ask how they died ○ Amphimedon (the suitor who seemed the nicest in life) told Agamemnon that the bl § Penelope's indecision ○ In Ithaca Odysseus travels to Laertes' § He sends the servants into the house so that he can be alone with his father § Laertes has aged prematurely out of grief for his son and wife - he doesn’t reco § Odysseus pretends to be an old friend of Odysseus - but once his father begins Odysseus reveals his identity (by showing his scar and recounting stories) § Odysseus tells his father about avenging the suitors ○ While Odysseus is with Laertes - the goddess Rumor flies through Ithaca spreading t § The parents of the suitors held an assembly to decide how to respond § An elder prophet - Hallitherses - argues that the suitors got what they deserve § Eupithes - Antinous's father - encourages the parents to seek revenge against ○ The parents of the suitors find Odysseus at Laertes' house § Athena - disguised as Mentor - puts an end to the violence § Eupithes - Antinous' father - is the only one killed (by one of Laertes' spears) ○ Athena makes the Ithacans forget the massacre of the children and makes them see ○

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