GTBOOKS 191 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Eurymachus, Odysseus, Arrow Poison
21 Oct 2016
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In this poem, all the gods are in agreement except for poseidon. Zeus complains about how people cast blame on the gods the gods are partly, but not completely, responsible. Olympus is kind of like a set up; zeus is expecting/planning for. Athena to bring up odysseus to that they can bring him home. Scenes with messing with each other even though all the gods are basically in agreement. Poem is about odysseus, but it ignores him for four months (he appears in book 5) Biggest chunk of the poem takes place in ithaca. Born before odysseus left for troy (he is probably about 20 years old) Lacks self-confidence and acts a lot younger than he is. It is important when he stands up to the suitors, and even is rude to his mother: athena tries to give telemachus a little more backbone. Song also warns that it is dangerous to offend the gods: suitors do not get the message.
