IH 0851 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-24: Odysseus, Eumaeus, Sea Monster
4 Apr 2016
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Ten years have passed since the fall of troy, and the greek hero odysseus still has not returned to his kingdom in ithaca. A large and rowdy mob of suitors who have overrun odysseus"s palace and pillaged his land continue to court his wife, penelope. Prince telemachus, odysseus"s son, wants desperately to throw them out but does not have the confidence or experience to fight them. One of the suitors, antinous, plans to assassinate the young prince, eliminating the only opposition to their dominion over the palace. Unknown to the suitors, odysseus is still alive. The beautiful nymph calypso, possessed by love for him, has imprisoned him on her island, ogygia. He longs to return to his wife and son, but he has no ship or crew to help him escape. While the gods and goddesses of mount olympus debate odysseus"s future, athena, odysseus"s strongest supporter among the gods, resolves to help telemachus.
