Odyssey+4

Summary: (Natalie Voos )

 * Pisistratus and Telemachus are in Sparta and find the King and Queen Menelaus and Helen, who are celebrating a marriage.
 * Menelaus and Helen soon find out that Telemachus is the son of Odysseus.
 * Helen drugged their wine.
 * Menelaus tells the story of how Odysseus dressed as a beggar to get inside of Troy, he also tells of the story of the Trojan horse.
 * The next morning Telemachus tells Menelaus that he is there to get information about were his father is.
 * Menelaus tells the story of how he was kept on an island because he had not made the correct offering to the gods.
 * Menelaus found Proteus, the old god of the sea, and Proteus told him about how Odysseus was imprisoned on an island by Calypso
 * After this Telemachus and Proteus go back to Pylos and get ready to go back to Ithaca
 * The suitors plan to ambush Telemachus when he gets back.
 * Athene sends Iphthime, Penelope's sister, to Penelope and to tell Penelope she will protect Telemachus.

Major Themes (with page numbers): (Marla)
// The growth and development of Telemachus : page 41 // // Hospitality: page 42 // // Growth and Development of Telemachus - page 44 // // Concept of Homeric Hero -Page 46 // // Disguise - Page 46 // // Concept of Homeric Hero - page 48 // // Loyalty to Gods - page 52 // // Disguise - page 54 // // Hospitality - page 56 - Menalaus gives Telemachus a silver mixing bowl made by the Gods // // Loyalty - page 60 // // Disguise - page 61 //

Locations Traveled and Mentioned: (Brenda)
Lacedaemon- deep in the hills, it's the palace of Menelaus. the capital of the Myrmidons- Menelaus's daughter's husband is the King of the city. Cyprus, Phoenicia, Eygpt- the cities Menelaus traveled for him to back to home. Pharos- an island where sailors put in to draw their water from a well and afterwards launch their trim ships into sea. Cape Malea- Agamemnon nearly reach it. Ithaca- the island Odyssey was captived.

Study Guide Questions:
He was preparing for his son and daughter's weddings.
 * What preparations are going on when Telemachus goes to see Menelaus? (Hiba) **

He begins to cry.
 * What does Telemachus do when Menelaus starts talking about Odysseus? (Hiba) **

She drops a drug in the wine that makes all grief and pain go away and no one will be able to cry.
 * What does Helen do before everyone retires for the evening? (Hiba) **

Helen tells the story of the time when Odysseus disguised himself as a beggar. He went to the Trojan city, and was not recognized by anyone there. Helen was the only one who recognized him, but whenever she questioned him he was smart enough to just ignore her. When Helen bathed and gave some clothes to Odysseus, she swore to hime she would not tell anyone of his name to the Trojans before he returned to his ship. Odysseus then gave Helen full details of the Achaeans' plans.
 * What story does Helen tell about Odysseus? (Hiba) **


 * What story does Menelaus tell about Odysseus? (Molly) **

He speaks about the time when Odysseus saved the entire army from being discovered, when they were inside the Trojan horse.


 * Who must Menelaus speak to to find out why he has been stranded on the island for 20 days? (Molly) **

Eidothee


 * What did he have to do to trap the Old Man of the Sea? (Molly) **

He dressed like a seal, in order to trick the Old Man, and while he was asleep, they held him down. Then the Old Man woke up and started changing shape. He finally gave up fighting Menelaus and his men in the end.


 * What does Menelaus have to do in order to get home? (Molly) **

He needs to travel to the Nile and make ceremonial offerings to the gods that live in the sky.

(Sam) He asks her how he should get home from the "teeming sea-ways".
 * What does Menelaus ask the Old Man before he lets him go?**

(Sam) He refuses the gift because he wanted it in a keepsake that he could carry, and the horsesd would have no where to graze, or to run in Ithica..
 * Why does Telemachus refuse Menelaus’s gift? **

(Sam) He gives him a mixing bowl of wrought metal.
 * What does Menelaus give him instead? **

(Sam) He is confused because he had seen Mentor embark on more than one ship.
 * Why is Noemon confused about Mentor? **

(Sam) He is upset because the Suitors were talking about how death was coming Telemachus's way. They are going after him.
 * Why is Antinous upset and what does he plan for Telemachus? **

(Sam) She prays to Ipthine.
 * Who does Penelope pray to? **

(Sam) She relaxes her.
 * What does Athene do to calm Penelope? **

(Sam)
 * What does Penelope ask the vision? **

 She asks what happend to Odyssesus.