Classical Studies 2200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Eurymachus, Omen, Theoclymenus
1 Apr 2014
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Story begins 10 years after the end of the trojan war. All greek heroes except odysseus have returned home. Odysseus is on the island ogygia with the goddess calypso, who has fallen in love with him and refuses to let him leave. Athena travels to ithaca to speak with telemachus. Athena predicts that odysseus is still alive and that he"ll return soon to ithaca. Although telemachus suspects that his cisitor was a goddess in disguise, he tells everyone that the man was a friend of his father. When assembly meets the next day, aegyptius praises telemachus for stepping in to his father"s shoes, noting that this occasion marks the 1st time that the assembly has been called since odysseus left. Penelope said she would choose a new husband as soon as she finished weaving a burial shroud for her elderly father-in-law laertes.
