When at sea, zeus shot their ship and odysseus men died but he survived and eventually wound up at calypsos island. After making sure the women are safe, odysseus slaughters all of the suitors and servants disloyal to penelope and the palace. During odysseus long absence, unmarried young men start to suspect that odysseus died in troy or on the journey home. We will begin this lesson with a brief recap of book 21 of the odyssey. What does telemachus tell penelopes suitors in book 1 of. Paradoxically, odysseus must conceal his true self while trying to reclaim both his home and his identity.
The suitors look for weapons on the wall, but there are none. Centuries ago, myths helped the greeks learn to reject tyrannical authority and identify the qualities of good leadership. With more help from athena, an archery competition is arranged by penelope for the suitors, which the disguised odysseus easily wins, and he then promptly slaughters all the other suitors. Odysseus trimming the torches for all of the suitors. Book 22 begins when odysseus kills antinous as antinous carouses with the other suitors. Eumaeus doesnt know he is talking to a disguised odysseus. He fails, but we can see a new type of government being attempted, one which is less heroic in. The one exception to odysseus lies being in service of his ultimate goal is in book twentyfour when odysseus visits his father laertes. Aided by his son telemachus and a few trusty servants, odysseus slaughters the suitors. Only now does odysseus reveal and prove his true identity to his wife and to his old father, laertes. That odysseus was born with the ability to deal with or. As i write in my book enraged, the same myths that long predate the worlds very first democracy have lessons for us today just as they did for the ancient greeks centuries ago. We also know that odysseus will make the suitors see the lightthe dark night came upon them lost in pleasure, they welcome the darkness but the suitors do not know that they are in the dark.
The notion of hospitality is so strong in the world of the odyssey that guests can even be considered part of ones. The odyssey ends as odysseus wins a contest to prove his identity, slaughters the. In fact, later on with the suitors families, hes told to stop or zeus will be angry, and he stops. This is shortly before the climax of the story when odysseus nearly slaughters the suitors mistresses. The loyal were rewarded, the unloyal had to first clean and then were killed punished summary of book 1 starts 10 years after trojan war ends, odysseus is with calypsos, suitors are with. Athena helps odysseus plot how to overthrow the suitors despite their numbers. Homers odysseywanderings of odysseusulysses revengeslaughter in the hall stay safe and healthy. The suitors are confused and believe this shooting to be an accident. Odysseus, backed by telemachus, eumaeus, and philoetius, slaughters the suitors, with some help from athena. While odysseus continues to shoot the suitors down, his son, telemachus, gets spears and shields from the armory. Do some women appear to have more power than others. The odyssey at a glance cliffsnotes study guides book.
With the help of his patron goddess, athena, odysseus slaughters each and every one of the suitors. By the time homers audience encounters odyssey 23, odysseus has revealed his identity to his son. What is the importance of odysseus s bed in homers odyssey. We will then go on to a summary of book 22, where odysseus and telemachus slaughter the suitors.
How is telemachus treatment of odysseusthe beggar in contrast with the suitors behavior. His nursemaid, a phoenician herself, had been carried off. Summary and analysis chapter 16 eumaeus summary in homers epic, odysseus meets with the faithful and hospitable swineherd eumaeus after odysseus has returned to ithaca. See more ideas about homer odyssey, mythology and trojan war. In part a sequel to homers other poem, the iliad, it recounts the aftermath of the mythical trojan war, and may have been based on historical events from around 1200 b. Athena summons telemachus home and tells him how to avoid an ambush by the suitors. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Odysseus companions go against odysseus warnings when he falls asleep and slaughters and eat helios cattle. What are core values of ancient greeks based on the.
Eumaius yells at him and tells him that he almost got hurt. The quality of imagery is a very real representation of a social example in a greek home where dogs are a regular part of life. Odysseus now goes among the suitors, wins the bow contest, and slaughters the suitors. Book 20 the next morning odysseus asks for a sign, and zeus sends a clap of thunder out of the clear blue sky. Just as a riot is about to break out, telemachus steps in and diffuses the situation, to the consternation of the suitors. Homer uses minor characters of low rank to great effect in books 17 and 18. The dogs snarl at him and odysseus throws a rock at them.
The odyssey study guide books 1724 freebooksummary. Chris tandy as odysseus in the mark bruce companys 2016 dance version. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the odyssey, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Further example of the simile development lies at the beginning to book xx. Having reunited with penelope, and no longer in his beggar disguise, he walks to his fathers nearby house, where laertes is tending his. There are many pigs in the pens and they are guarded by dogs. Since the bow gives odysseus a weapon in hand, it also allows for a seamless transition to the fighting of book 22. Its a love story, a grand adventure and sometimes a laugh riot that puts me in mind of the early david mitchell, before he decided to become so tediously historically. Odysseus, still in disguise, wins the contest, leaving all the suitors in horror. Odysseus finally reveals himself, and the suitors become terrified. Finally, athena saves odysseus from the vengeance of the dead suitors families.
Like the swineherd eumaeus, this man, who tends the realms cattle, swears his loyalty to the absent. How odysseus returned to his own home learn with flashcards, games, and more for free. With athenas help, odysseus slaughters the suitors at their feast, then hangs 12 enslaved women who are accused of entertaining the suitors. Before the suitors realize what is happening, odysseus shoots a second arrow through the throat of antinous. Slaughter begins, odysseus reveals himself to suitors, says will kill all i. Eurymachus tries to placate and bargain with odysseus, to no avail. When odysseus responds with insults of his own, eurymachus throws a stool at him but misses, hitting a servant instead. After winning the competition, odysseus slaughters the suitors and reveals his true identity, which penelope accepts after putting him through one final trial. In the book the odyssey how did odysseus kill the suitors. Under the pretense of courting penelope, these youths, called the suitors, take up residence in odysseus home and vie for her hand in marriage.
Detail from odysseus slaughters the suitors by alan lee. Telemachus, conversely, tries to reason with them through the assembly in book i. In homers odyssey the male gender is dominate, meaning they control or have a. At athenas urging, odysseus disguises himself as a wandering beggar in order to test the loyalty of the suitors 17. Telemachus takes control and orders eurymachus to give odysseus bow vi. Once they ate the cattle zeus told a furious helios that he would cast a lightning bolt their way at sea. Odysseus cries all day and sleeps with calypso all night. Calypso tells him that he can voyage home, if the gods are willing to allow him. The suitors takes off from the bloody and seldommentioned ending of the odyssey when odysseus comes home and slaughters all of penelopes suitors and serving maids.
They think of odysseus as a servant but we know hes a king. She prompted him to stand up to penelopes unruly suitors who had infested their home during odysseus. Eumaeus was the child of a prosperous mainland king, whose realm was visited by phoenician traders. In book 22 odysseus with the aid of his son and loyal servants slaughters all the suitors despite the pleas of mercy from some of them, all the maids, and even the priest leodes. Young men, my suitors now that the great odysseus has perished, wait, though you are eager to marry me, until i finish this web, so that my weaving will not be useless and wasted. According to telemachus, what is penelopes strategy in dealing with the suitors. Odysseus wife penelope arranges for an archery competition, which she has rigged to guarantee odysseus win. Odysseus goes into the forest to the remote clearing of the swineherd eumaius. Odysseus easily strings bow and sends the first arrow he grabs whistling through all twelve axes xxii. May 5, 2015 detail from odysseus slaughters the suitors by alan lee. Meanwhile back on ithaca, odysseus listens while the swineherd eumaeus recounts the story of his life. This occurs the day after odysseus defeats and kills the suitors. The penelopeodysseus reunion returns to center stage at the beginning of book 23, when eurycleia rushes up to her mistress quarters to tell her that the suitors are dead and the anonymous beggar who killed them is. The odyssey books 2124 summary and analysis gradesaver.
In the twentysecond book of homers odyssey, odysseus begins his battle with the suitors. A servant recognizes it as a portent and prays that this day be the last of the suitors abuse. While odysseus battles mystical creatures and faces the wrath of the gods, his wife penelope and his son telemachus stave off suitors vying for penelopes hand and ithacas throne long enough for odysseus to return. The bow gives double meaning to the revelation scene, for the beggars success not only implies his true identity as odysseus but reveals his inherent superiority to the suitors. After he has proven himself with the axe heads, odysseus stands by the door and kills antinous with an arrow through the throat. Telemachus was the son of odysseus and penelope, who was much favoured by the goddess athene.
Odysseus kills the suitors in book 22 of the odyssey. Against the skillful odysseus, the suitors seem to stand little chance. Eventually, through their own foolhardiness, odysseus men are lost, and the hero himself returns home only to find a mob of murderous suitors vying for his wife penelopes hand in marriage. Odysseus built his boat in four days and sailed for 17 days, but then poseidon saw him his enemy.
Odysseus foreshadows the showdown in book 22 by wishing that antinous might meet his death before he meets his bride. Odysseus and telemachus put the plan into motion, aided by eumaeus and another loyal herdsman. The odyssey is homers epic of odysseus 10year struggle to return home after the trojan war. The odyssey powerpoint free download as powerpoint presentation. They have no way out, since philoetius has locked the front door and eumaeus has. He tells penelope that menelaus had heard that odysseus had been trapped on calypsos island.
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