Melantho, the disrespectful servant girl who sleeps with eurymachus, confronts the beggarodysseus once more. Summary and analysis book 19 penelope and her guest. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the odyssey and what it means. He insults odysseus thebeggar when they meet on the grounds, and antinous decides to pit them against each other so that the suitors can enjoy the. Athena travels to sparta, where she finds telemachus and pisistratus, nestors son.
All of the greek heroes except odysseus have returned home. The odyssey study guide, july 28, 2016, accessed april 29, 2020. The story begins ten years after the end of the trojan war, the subject of the iliad. The poet invokes the muse to help him tell the story of odysseus. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Odysseus instructs telemachus to gather the weapons and hide them where they will not be readily available to the suitors the next day. Find summaries for every chapter, including a the odyssey chapter summary chart to help you understand the book. The men returned to aeaea, performed all the proper funeral rites for elpenor, and buried his body. That night, as the suitors sleep, odysseus and telemachus lock up most of the weapons as part of their plan. Home english literature classic books the odyssey book xvii navigate here introduction book i book ii book iii book iv book v book vi book vii book viii book ix book x book xi book xii book xiii book xiv book xv book xvi book xvii book xviii book xix book xx book xxi book xxii book xxiii book xxiv. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the odyssey, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. We learn that poseidon, god of the sea, holds a grudge though we dont know exactly why against odysseus and is making the guys voyage home a pretty difficult one.
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