English 1027F/G Chapter Notes -Odysseus
23 Feb 2014
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Odysseus is the only greek hero that hasnt returned home after the war. A girl on the island calypso refuses to let him leave because she is in love with him. Meanwhile suitors are coming for odysseus" wife in order to claim his kingdom. Athena believes odysseus is still alive and tells and tries to get the suitors banished. His son holds a meeting where he speaks about the loss of his father and his fathers kingdom. Says instead of trying to woe his mom that they should just ask her father for her hand in marriage. Penelope says she will marry another man once she nished the shroud made for her father in law but every night she unstitches it so that the shroud will never be nished. Eagles warn the suitors that if they don"t back off they will be massacred. His son goes to sea to nd him.
