Book 1 lines 252305 part 2 posted on 09142010 by originalliterature this post continues the previous, as per the title and so deals with this section of the odyssey. Summary of book 2 telemachus holds assembly with the suitors. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety, customs, and justice cunning, disguise, and selfrestraint memory and grief glory and honor. Menelaus again kindly received him, and communicated to him the prophecy of proteus concerning. Encouraged, telemachus effectively makes his case against the suitors and asks them to desist. In book 16 penelope confronts antinuos about his plans to kill telemachus, and then in book 18, we see the cleverness of penelope when she appears and tricks the suitors into giving her marvelous gifts, saying she will marry the one with the best gift.
The odyssey also tells the story of the events that occured back in ithaca while odysseus was away. As he is telling theoclymenus about the suitors, a hawk flew up on the right, clutching a dove and plucking her. The odyssey revolves around odysseus, who left his home ithaca for the trojan war and, due to an amazing number of mishaps, problems, and catastrophes, didnt get home for 20 years. In the odyssey, why didnt penelope simply turn away her suitors. Jun 27, 2008 telemachus just an infant when his father left for troy, telemachus is still maturing when the odyssey begins. The visit to king menelaus, who tells his storymeanwhile the suitors in ithaca plot against telemachus they reached the low lying city of lacedaemon, where they drove straight to the abode of. When he sits down to eat with penelope, telemachus tells her what little news he. Telemachus a fascinating character in odyssey english. Telemachos vows his protection to the beggar in front of all the suitors at dinner. He wants to tell the suitors that they are wrecking his home and they are being rude and that he wants them to leave.
She advises telemachus to call together the suitors and announce their banishment from his fathers estate. In book 1, telemachus shows examples of good xenia. They are literally eating and drinking him out of house and home. The phaeacians deliver odysseus safely to the shore of ithaca, along with. She finds out about the plot when medon, a herald, overhears their plans and comes to. Telemachus then tells the suitors to control themselves and refrain from insults and brawling. Essay on the maturity of telemachus 1057 words bartleby. Oct 18, 2009 the first four books are the telemachy,so its about him growing from boy to man. While odysseus does make a few mistakes in judgment over the course of the epic, it is difficult to imagine him making such an absentminded blunder.
Penelope gets furious and yells at the suitors eurymachus. He asks odysseus how he came to ithaca and odysseus tells his story then asks telemachus to count the number of suitors and their followers for him. Telemachus is a frequent character in the poetry of louise gluck. He is wholly devoted to his mother and to maintaining his fathers estate, but he does not know how to protect them from the suitors. In the meantime, rowdy suitors, thinking him dead, have invaded his. The odyssey is a nostos that recalls the story of odysseus journey home to ithaca, finally completed twenty years after the trojan war began. For the answer to the question above, odysseus tells his son about his plan to kill the suitors and telemachus thinks he is crazy. He then sends his mother off to her room so he could address the crude suitors. Telemachus tells him about the suitors, which menelaus says is shameful and odysseus would do something about if he were there. Athena tells telemachus to seek information about his father from which men. Insolently, antinous, the leading suitor, denies responsibility and puts the blame on that queen of cunning, penelope 2. She has even resorted to trickery, claims antinous. Here is a general question to keep in mind as you read the first four books of the odyssey. Inspired by athena, telemachus calls a council of all the men of ithaca.
He is now becoming brave and courageous just like his father. Story of the development of an adolescent becoming a basileus. An outline the first four books of the odyssey largely. Penelopes suitors plan to kill telemachus as he returns from his voyage to find odysseus. When telemachus sees this, he tells his mother that the bards are here for entertainment not to dishearten anyone. Telemachus character analysis in the odyssey litcharts. The odyssey by homer tells of the many adventures of odysseus as he attempts to return home after the trojan war. Telemachus just an infant when his father left for troy, telemachus is still maturing when the odyssey begins. Odysseus and telemachus cannot possibly kill all of the suitors before they are themselves cut down. Telemachus has not yet inherited his fathers brassy pride either. Id like to add to the previous answer that speaking against penelopes suitors asserts his role as man of the house. Odysseuss house is overrun by greedy suitors who have infested the place. He thinks it is impossible because there are hundreds of suitors and they are only two men.
Telemachus disagrees with odysseus because he thinks he is mad. Everyone knows that the odyssey is concerned with the adventures of the greek hero odysseus known in latin as ulysses in his return home after taking part in the trojan war. Instead, the telemachys subject is the effect of odysseus absence on his family, telemachus in particular. In greek mythology, the suitors of penelope are one of the main subjects of homers odyssey. Summary of book 2 telemachus holds assembly with the.
How is xenia shown in the first four books of the odyssey. In being mortified that a guest might still be standing at the doors, he shows his humility and servitude towards his guest. In the morning, menelaus asks telemachus why he came, and telemachus tells him about the suitors and everything. At the beginning of book 1 of the odyssey, the goddess. In book 22, he accidentally leaves a weapons storeroom unlocked, a careless mistake that allows the suitors to arm themselves. Although athenas hovering, controlling presence might seem oppressive and restrictive, it helps the prince to acquire a great deal of freedom in speech and action. This game, too, fails to achieve an outcome, when the suitors fail to kill telemachus on his return and an omen warns them against trying. The telemachy is a term traditionally applied to the first four books of homers epic poem the odyssey. Telemachus tells the crews he will join them in the city later that evening. A brooding telemachus wants to eject the suitors, and in fact announces his intention to. She tells him to pay no mind to the suitors, who are surely doomed, and to gather provisions for the trip. Summary of book 2 telemachus holds assembly with the suitors and yells at them from wlit 101 at georgia southern university. Again, the conversation between telemachus and athenamentes continues, while the suitors are in the background commencing their drunken feast.
Telemachus is more confident now than he was before. We have to say, knowing that your guest might at any point be a god is pretty good motivation to treat people well. How does antinous suggest telemachus get rid of the suitors. What does telemachus tell the suitors to do in homer. She inspired the assembly meeting, and she plans his secret departure for pylos, recognizing that the suitors are becoming dangerous and might attempt to assassinate him.
This post continues the previous, as per the title and so deals with this section of the odyssey. When his father did not return to ithaca, suitors flooded into his palace, ravaging his food, and. Telemachus, odysseuss son, was the man of the house after his father left for the trojan war. Telemachus disagrees with part of odysseuss plan to confront. Find two epithets for both odysseus and telemachus in this book. Nemesis is the goddess of retributive justice or vengeance. He tells his mother the truth, but not the whole truth. He warns that he should not stay in the hall with the suitors because it would be too dangerous. They are eating him out of house and home while they wait for penelope to say who she is going to marry.
In other words, this is a question that you will want to read before you turn to the epic itself. Nevertheless, telemachus did try to order the suitors out of the palace, in front of the ithacan assembly. In the odyssey, why didnt penelope simply turn away her. His pleas do not persuade odysseus, so he tells the suitors they will have to. Eumaeus tells telemachus that odysseus claims the status of suppliant. Antinous is the most disrespectful of the suitors and is the one who devises a plan to murder telemachus upon his return to ithaca. He explains that athena changed his shape and telemachus hugs him and begins to weep. The odyssey study question honors sophomore english with. Penelope questions telemachos about what he learned of odysseus on his journey. They are named so because just as the odyssey tells the story of odysseus they tell the story of odysseus son telemachus as he journeys from home for the first time in search of news about his missing father. Book ii why does telemachus call the men to assembly. Silence falls across the gathering as most of the men seem moved by the princes plea.
Odysseus, however, doesnt want the suitors to see him heading toward the. After all, it has only been a few years since he first realized what the suitors intentions were. The odyssey book 2telemachus confronts the suitors. The first four books of the odyssey focus on telemachuss journeys in search of news about his father, who has yet to return home from the trojan war. There they were hospitably received by nestor, who also sent his own son to conduct telemachus to sparta. This important in the story, because, at that time, it was much frowned upon to disagree with your father. It was 20 years since odysseus had left his palace, but still his wife penelope had some hope he would return, though. Moreover they are plotting to murder odysseus son, telemachus, before he. This essay is concerning the idea of revenge and how it pertains to the first four books in the odyssey. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. They learn of telemachus journey when noemon comes to ask them if they know when telemachus will return.
She inspires one of the suitors, ktesippos, to throw a cow hoof at odysseus head, it misses him and telemachus tells him that he is lucky that he missed. The visit to king menelaus, who tells his storymeanwhile the suitors in ithaca plot against telemachus they reached the low lying city of lacedaemon, where. She finds out about the plot when medon, a herald, overhears their plans and comes to alert her about the. He tells the suitors that if they persist in eating at his house, jove will reckon with them. He wants to publicly address the problem of the suitors. Study 43 the odyssey study question flashcards from mary w. In the meantime cows are being sacrificed in ithaca and athena desires odysseus to be offended more. Athena first tells telemachus that he should be happy if he turns into a young hero like orestes book i, line 300303. Telemachus is the title of book three of thomas wolfes autobiographical novel of time and the river 1935. After the gods in council had determined that odysseus should return home from the island of ogygia, athena, assuming the appearance of mentes, king of the taphians, went to ithaca, and advised.
Telemachus is now heading towards the palace of menelaus. Although athenas hovering, controlling presence might seem oppressive and restrictive, it helps the prince to. Meanwhile, athena guides telemachus safely past the suitors ambush. After athena leaves, telemachus goes to sit with the suitors, whom the bard phemius is entertaining with a. As book 17 of the odyssey begins, telemachus decides to leave eumaeuss hut and go reveal himself to his mother, penelope. Oct 10, 20 in book 1, telemachus shows examples of good xenia. Telemachus tells him that he can barely protect himself but he will clothe the man and give him a sword. And of course she feared that antagonizing the suitors in any way would put telemachus life in danger. Menelaus then tells telemachus what he knows about odysseus fate, which involves the story of meeting proteus, the old man of the sea, at pharos. A guest, especially a stranger, brings news and praise to a house and a host. For us, the word nemesis means someone or something by which one must inevitably be defeated.
After these two events the suitors were in awe that telemachus had the poise to stand in front of them and tell them to leave. What announcement does telemachus make to the suitors of his hall in book i. The odyssey book 02 telemachus confronts the suitors. In book 1, telemachus tells the suitors that he will officially give them notice to leave in the morning. In book 1 what did telemachus tells the suitors answers. Jun 29, 2017 menelaus asks why telemachus came to lacedaemon. Telemachus sails to king nestor at pylos, who tells him stories of the. Menelaus tells telemachus another story, and then finally tells him that his father, odysseus is on the island of calypso and really wants to get home. He tells the suitors that if they persist in eating at his house, jove will reckon with.
What does telemachus tell the suitors in book 1 answers. One of the suitors, ctesippus, ignores telemachus and throws an ox hoof at odysseuss head, which. He took this to heart, and told the suitors that he was to call an assembly. What does telemachus tell penelopes suitors in book 1 of. She disguises herself as telemachus to gather 20 fine young men and procure a ship. Dec 18, 2014 force his mother to marry s of eastern europe b. Antinous encourages him to join the suitors revelry, but telemachus declares with restored confidence that he will have nothing to do with the suitors, and promises to bring. Suitors decide to ambush and kill telemachus books 1 4. Antinous finds out about telemachuss journey to pylos and sparta, and calls a. Hes going to call a meeting of the assembly of the suitors and formally ask them to leave while making announcements after mentes visit in book i, what else does telemachus tell the suitors of his hall. Menelaus tells telemachus that he is exactly like his father in book four. He asks them how they can stand idly by and allow his mothers hospitality to be abused.
Telemachus followed the advice, but the suitors refused to quit his house. He says, my lad, what you have saidahomer,odyssey,4. Although there are many suitors, three are particularly important to the narrative of the epic. They are named so because just as the odyssey tells the story of odysseus they tell the story of odysseus son telemachus. Telemachus took this speech as of good omen and rose at once, for he was bursting with what he had to say.
At the beginning of book 1 of the odyssey, the goddess athena, in disguise, comes down from olympus to ithaca and tells telemachus that he should no longer cling to his childhood, that he should go on a trip to look for news of his father. Antinous, one of the ringleaders of the suitors, brazenly puts the blame on penelope, for not choosing one of them as husband. He tells odysseus, father, i go to the city to let my mother see me. Antinous tells him that they should pay no heed to telemachus. In the sentence beginning in line 263, athenamentes is speaking purely as. Telemakhos, literally farfighter is a figure in greek mythology, the son of odysseus and penelope, and a central character in homers odyssey.
Telemachus spends his youth helplessly watching the suitors corrupt his household and harass his mother penelope, but athena s forceful guidance helps him mature from a nervous youth to a confident, eloquent man much like his father. Suitors decide to ambush and kill telemachus books 1 4 zeus. At the beginning of book 1 of the odyssey, the goddess athena. His declaration of hostility toward the suitors and his attempt to use the assembly against them mark the transition to a new game. The first four books are the telemachy,so its about him growing from boy to man. For telemachus to turn into a hero like orestes would be a great accomplishment. Telemachus is again reminded of orestes acts when he speaks with nestor book iii, line 3063.
Telemachus was the name of carole kings cat and is pictured on the cover of her album tapestry. Suitors decide to ambush and kill telemachus books 1 4 zeus tells calypso to from classics 1b03 at mcmaster university. He omits the little fact that odysseus is in fact already home. Together, odysseus, telemachus, eumaeus and philoetius kill the suitors. Study 33 the odyssey 18 flashcards from caroline e. Joseph brodsky published the poem odysseus to telemachus in 1972. Telemachus disagrees with part of odysseuss plan to. Odysseus asks telemachus why he has done nothing about the suitors alleging that if he were in his position he would give his life to fight.