CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Eumaeus, Iphthime, Theoclymenus
11 Mar 2013
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Return to ithaca: the phaeacians escort odysseus back to ithaca, offers him xenia. Told not to speak to king but rather the queen. Thus, he asks the queen for xenia: symbolism in the threshold , this is the moment of crossing, the passage home. The way is no longer blocked: he falls asleep once more. The suitors plot against telemachus over and over (murder) Odysseus has things thrown at him again and again. His ignorant servants insult him time after: characters: time. Main protagonists: telemachus (son of odysseus), penelope (wife of. Minor protagonists: eurycleia (female servant of odysseus, recognition of. Odysseus when he is back), philoetius, medon, theoclymenus. Suitor supporters: melanthius (goat herder of odysseus, is a traitor by giving them the choice of food), arnaeus, melantho (female counterpart of melanthius) Athena"s disguises: mentes, mentor, telemachus, shepherd, iphthime (phantom of penelope"s sister: telemachus was a baby when odysseus left. Felt powerless because he didn"t have enough power do to anything.
