The suitors for Penelope’s hand in marriage, despite having been present since Telemakhos was extremely young, have one lasting impact on his life by the end of the epic. The opportunity to have this impact presents itself when Telemakhos is told by Mentes to leave for mainland Greece in order to seek news of his father in Book II. Antinoos suggests that it wouldn’t be wise for Telemakhos to go, saying “I rather think he will be sitting here a long time yet, that seafaring he spoke of is beyond him”
In Homer’s unequivocal epic “The Odyssey,” after a wandering of 20 years, King Odysseus returns to his home and questionably wreaks righteous vengeance on the suitors who attempted to take his wife in marriage. As Odysseus journeys back to his home of Ithaca, he gains the information that pompous suitors have overtaken his home with the intent of marrying his loyal wife. Each suitor, with the scheme to take the throne, abuse hospitality in the court of Odysseus and each day come to “slaughter flocks”
A Glimpse of Odysseus The Odyssey, written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald, tells the epic poem of the protagonist Odysseus and his treacherous journey back home to Ithica from the Trojan War which he hadn’t seen for 20 years. Although Odysseus isn’t present in the first four books of The Odyssey, his actions and relationships he made or has represent the view the characters in the poem have of him. Odysseus could have made many enemies during the Trojan War but he decided
The Odyssey contains many important heroic qualities throughout the poem. The main ones would be him acting audacious, heroic, and having physical strength. Many of these qualities helped him journey around the world to get back to Ithaca. Odysseus acts audacious in many of his events, one of which was when Odysseus and his crew head for the cave. He says “We climbed, then, briskly to the cave. But Kyklops had gone afield, to pasture his fat sheep, so we looked round at everything inside” (Homer
a tradition to accept all vagabonds and provide them with the best foods, clothing, presents, entertainment, and other offerings available regardless of their features or identities. Various examples of this are shown throughout Homer’s book, The Odyssey, where Odysseus, a great hero, is searching for his way home to his family after the Trojan War. When Alkinoös, king of the Phaiákians, concludes the feast with Odysseus, the guest, he announces that “‘[our] banquet’s ended, so you may retire; but