ENGL 101W Chapter Notes - Chapter Odyssey: Clytemnestra, Scheria, Odysseus
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Characters: odysseus - son of laertes, king of ithaca, husband of penelope. Journeys around the world to reach his home, comes home disguised as a beggar, kills all suitors except for 2: telemachus/telemakhos - son of odysseus and penelope. Goes to find out information about his father, finds out he is still alive. Returns home, finally meets his father disguised as a beggar. Together they plan to destroy the suitors and eventually triumph: penelope - wife of odysseus, queen of ithaca. faithfully waits for odysseus" return, athena - goddess of wisdom and battle. Favours odysseus, helps him return home: poseidon-rage at odysseus because odysseus blinded polyphemus, his son. Odysseus didn"t make him a sacrifice for his contribution to the trojan horse, but this might be irrelevant: zeus-head god, supports odysseus. Also warned aegisthus to not seduce clytemnestra: calypso-nymph who falls in love with odysseus and keeps him on her island ogygia for 7 years.
