By undertaking the journey, Telemachus shows that he has inherited his father’s courage, and he begins to forge a reputation in his society as a brave and adventurous man. His visits to Nestor and Menelaus require him to tactfully observe the social rules that bind travelers and guests.

Together, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus and Philoetius kill the suitors and the disloyal maidservants.

Why does Telemachus ask Odysseus to spare Phemius and Medon? Telemachus asks Odysseus to spare their lives because Phemius (a singer) was forced to sing for the suitors and he didn’t profit from singing to them. Medon is also spared because Medon told Penelope that the suitors were plotting to kill Odysseus.

Why is Telemachus skeptical that he and Odysseus can handle the suitors without help? He is not to tell a soul that Odysseus has returned to Ithaca alive and well.

Telemachus thinks that Odysseus is a god because he has heard of him before and he knows that he left as a young man and should have returned as an old man but he sees he is younger and still claims to be his father. He thinks it is impossible because there are hundreds of suitors and they are only two men.

Odysseus first kills Antinous by shooting an arrow at him while he appears to be drinking from a cup.

In order to reunite with his wife, who resisted the importuning of more than a hundred suitors—who have stayed in Odysseus’s house, eating, drinking, and carousing while waiting for Penelope to decide among them—Odysseus kills them all, with the aid of Telemachus, Eumaeus (a servant and swineherd), and Philoetius (a …

Does the manner in which Odysseus kills Antinous agree with your idea of a fair fight? Explain. You may feel the fight was not fair because Antinous did not get a chance to fight back. Odysseus is angry because the suitors have plundered his house and tried to claim his wife while he was gone.

Odysseus’ wife Penelope has suitors because of Odysseus’ long absence. They assume that he is dead, and they hope to marry Penelope to inherit all that she has. The suitors believe Odysseus to be dead. They wish to inherit his vast fortune and kingdom.

Penelope stalls the suitors for three years by saying that she would marry when she is finished weaving a shroud for Odysseus’s family. She would weave during the day and undo her work at night, so she would never finish. NOTE: The burial shroud will be the final act of respect for Odysseus’s family.

She tells Odysseus, when he is disguised as a beggar, that she can no longer avoid it: Her parents are pressuring her, and Telemachus is “galled as [the suitors] squander his estate.” To determine which man she will marry, she devises a contest: Whoever can string Odysseus’s old bow and shoot an arrow through the …

The chief suitors are Antinoös and Eurymachus. Why does Phemius’ song disturb Penelope? The song reminds her of Odysseus’ own wanderings. Odysseus’ father is Laertes.

Why does Polyphemus stop the great ram on its way out of the cave? Polyphemus wonders why the ram is the last one to depart instead of the first one, as he usually is. What are the long-term consequences for Odysseus’ treatment of Polyphemus? Poseidon punishes him and keeps him from returning home for ten years.

after being blown off course for nine days, whose land does Odysseus encounter? The land of the Lotus – eaters. These people are very laid-back, and they’re only intentions are to eat the Lotus fruits and forget all other thoughts.

Odysseus continues because he is completely loyal to his wife and his son. In addition, he wants the glory of having gone to the war and come back. He wants the glory of having withstood hardships to come home and the glory of having killed all the suitors.

They do so one afternoon as Odysseus sleeps; when the Sun finds out, he asks Zeus to punish Odysseus and his men. Shortly after the Achaeans set sail from Thrinacia, Zeus kicks up another storm, which destroys the ship and sends the entire crew to its death beneath the waves.

Odysseus is opposed to eating the lotus fruit because he sees the effects that it has on his crew members: it makes them forget how badly they want to return home to Ithaca and their families, and they only want to stay in the Land of the Lotus Eaters.

After the Trojan War ended, Odysseus and his men begin their long journey back home. Odysseus and his men land on the Island of the Lotus Eaters, where the men are persuaded to eat the lotus flowers, making them forget about the journey and want to stay.

What is ironic about Cyclops’s saying he will eat Nobody last? The Cyclops is saying that he will eat “Nobody” last the physical being, but the audience understands that eating nobody means that the Cyclops will not eat anyone. To prepare for his escape, Odysseus offers the Cyclops wine to get him drunk and drowsy.