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 * ==Chapter 15 - Telemachus Returns==

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 * Athene goes visit Telemachus urging him to come home and tells him to avoid the suitors between the islands plotting to kill him
 * Menelaus and Helen give Telemachus a meal and some precious and beautiful gift s
 * An omen in the form of an eagle came to Telemachus' chariot carrying a goose
 * Telemachus asks Nestor's son to not keep him from staying with his dad long
 * A stranger named Theoclymenus, who is Melapus' son, approaches Odysseus.
 * He killed one of his relatives, and he is running away and wants to join Odysseus' ship
 * He comes on board and they sail easily because of the wind Athene has sent them
 * Odysseus goes to talk to Eumaeus, the swineherd to say he does not want to be a burden to Eumaeus by staying, but he really wants to.
 * Eumaneus than tells them the story of his kidnapping. He also tells them of Laertes, who grieves for his wife and Odysseus and wants to die.
 * Laertes soon bought Eumaneus
 * Telemachus goes back to Ithaca
 * They see a omen in the form of a bird carrying a dove, Theoclymenus said it was a sign that his house was powerful
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 * Divine intervention (p.195) Athene goes to visit Telemachus and tells him to return home
 * The female role (p.195) Athene is speaking of Penelope being wooed by the suitors and recommends that Telemachus leave the women-servant that he trusts the most in charge
 * The development and growth of Telemachus (p.196) "Odysseus' heroic son" Telemachus is being described as being more like Odysseus.
 * Hospitality (pp.196-198) Menelaus gives Telemachus gifts and prepares him for his journey home
 * Loyalty (p.199) Menelaus and Telemachus make sacrifices to the Gods (Zeus and Hera)
 * Development and growth of Telemachus (p.207) Telemachus reaches Ithaca and starts ordering his men. He becomes a leader like his father.

>> ===Locations Traveled: (Maribel)=== >> Lacedaemon- Athene on pg. 195 >> Citadel of Pylos- Telemachus and Co. on pg 199 >> Crouni, Chalcis, Pheae, Elis, Pointed Isles- Telemachus and Co. PASS BY these places on pg. 202 >> Ithaca- Telemachus and Co. on pg. 207 > **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Epithets: (Maribel) ** > <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">pg. 195: Pallas Athene; great-hearted Odysseus' noble son; bright-eyed goddess > <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">pg. 196: Helen of the lovely hair; Menelaus, son of Atreus, favorite of the gods, sovereign of your people; Menelaus of the war-cry > <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">pg. 197: Menelaus, son of Atreus, favorite of the gods, sovereign of your people; sensible Telemachus; Menelaus of the loud war-cry; auburn-haired Menelaus; Zeus the Thunderer and husband of Hera > <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">pg. 198: hero Menelaus; heroic Peisistratus; Auburn-haired Menelaus; Menelaus, favorite of Zeus > <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">pg. 199: Menelaus, favorite of Zeus; Menelaus, dear to Atreus; Zeus the Thunderer and husband of Hera; fresh and rosy-fingered > <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">pg 201: aegis-bearing Zeus and Apollo > <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">pg. 203: godlike Odysseus' palace; Hermes the Messanger; Eumaeus the swinehard; patient, good Odysseus; godlike Odysseus > <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">pg. 205: Apollo of the Silver Bow > <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">pg. 207: sensible Telemachus > <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">pg. 208: godlike passenger, Theoclymenus; prudent Telemachus; loyal friend Peiraeus; great spearman Peiraeus

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>> Study Guide Questions: (Hiba) >> <span style="color: #272525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">Who does Athene visit at the beginning of this chapter? Why? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">Athene visits Telemachus to tell him to return home. >> >> How does she convince Telemachus to go home? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">She tells him that his mom is about to be married off to Eurymachus by her father and brother. >> >> What warning does Athene give to Telemachus? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">The suitors are waiting in ambush for Telemachus to come back to Ithaca so they can murder him. >> >> Where does Telemachus have to go when he first reaches Ithaca? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">He has to visit the swineherd in charge of his pigs. >> >> What gifts does Menelaus offer to Telemachus? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">He offers a mixing bowl of wrought metal. It is solid silver, with a rim of gold, and was made by Hephaestus. >> >> What does Helen give to Telemachus? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">Helen gives him a robe made by Helen herself for his bride to wear on the day of their wedding. >> >> What omen do they witness? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">A bird came flying from the right. It was an eagle, carrying in his talons a great white goose. When it reached the chariot, it sheered off again towards the right in front of the horses. >> >> What does Menelaus think the omen means? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">Odysseus will reach his home and have his revenge. >> What does Telemachus ask Nestor’s son to do? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">He asks him not to take him past his ships, to he wouldn't have to be kept in the palace against his will by Nestor's old father. >> >> Who shows up when they are about to leave? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">A stranger from a distant land. >> >> What is this visitor’s story? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">He fled from Argos after killing a man from his own blood. To avoid death and dark fate he ran away. >> >> What does he ask Telemachus? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">He asks Telemachus to let him sail with him and his crew. >> >> What does Odysseus tell Eumaeus that he plans to do the next day? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">He intends to leave in the morning and go to the twon to beg. He would like to go to Odysseus's palace and deliver his wise news to Queen Penelope. He would also like to try to get a meal out of the Suitors. >> >> How does Eumaeus respond? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">He tells him he will be courting sudden death. The suitors are not of his kind, they have nice clothes and they have brains. When Odysseus's son arives he will give you clothes and let you go where you want. >> >> Who does Odysseus ask Eumaeus about? >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">He asks him to tell him about Odysseus and his mother and father. >> >> Briefly summarize what happened to Eumaeus when he was young. >> >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">He came from an island names Syrie. His father was king od the two cities there. He followed one of the maids in his house, while she was escaping with some men who promised to take her back to her home, because she was brought to the king from some pirates. They sailed for six days, but on the seventh, Zeus struck the woman, and they threw her overboard for the seals and fishes. They reached Ithaca and from there Laertes bought him. >> >> What omen appears after Telemachus returns to Ithaca? >> >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">A hawk flew from the right, holding a dove in its talons. It came near the ship and Telemachus himself. >> >> What does it mean? >> >> **It means that his house is the most royal, and has the most power.** >> >> Who is Telemachus going to visit? >> >> <span style="color: #da33db; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0pt 7pt;">He is going to visit the swineherd. > >