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The Odyssey

Explore the suspenseful reunion of Odysseus and Penelope, as she tests his identity and love. Will their scheming and cleverness bring them together at last?

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The Odyssey

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  1. The Odyssey Book XXIII Cvsp 205 Presented by : Haya Abdul Hadi Yves Takchi

  2. Historical Background and Overview • Nearly three thousand years after it was composed, the Odyssey remains one of the most celebrated and widely read stories ever told, yet next to nothing is known about its author.

  3. The Iliad and the Odyssey reflect the religious beliefs of the polytheistic ancient greeks • Gods had human qualities and behaviors . They loved and hated and were jealous but still were powerful beings .

  4. Odysseus won the Trojan war and didn’t credit the god Poseidon for his help so he was punished • He could only return home after a long and painful voyage full of suffering • When he finally returns home after a 20 years journey , he finds his palace filled by suitors trying to steal his wife.

  5. He slaughters them and is finally able to reunite with his wife Penelope . • He sends a maid to call her , but when she sees him she’s skeptical and distant.

  6. Analysis: Great Minds intertwined • Book XXIII, page 339 •  First, Odysseus' reunion with Penelope is suspenseful; after dealing with so many impostors in the past, she is not willing to let her guard down. • “No other woman ,with spirit as stubborn as yours , keep back from her husband” l.168

  7. “You are strange , but I know very well what you looked like when you went from Ithaca “ l.174 • Penelope tricks Odysseus , the most cunning man , and makes him angry by asking the maid to move their bed outside. • “So she spoke to her husband , trying him out “ l.181

  8. Odysseus , who usually keeps his calm and outwits his opponents , falls for the trick and gets angry . • “Odysseus spoke in anger to his virtuous minded lady “ l.182

  9. Angrily, Odysseus talks in detail about the bed that he made with his bare hands and that was impossible to move , and asks Penelope who could have moved it. • After hearing the description of the bed that only Odysseus could have made , Penelope lets her guard down and embraces him .

  10. This subtle test reveals Penelope’s clever side—the same side we have seen in her trick to weave a shroud that she would undo at night to put off remarriage for four years • One can also think that Penelope recognized him from the start, and was just testing him; to prove that she didn’t change.

  11. Odysseus and Penelope, fit together perfectly by their love of scheming, testing, and outmaneuvering. • None of the suitors could ever replace Odysseus, just as Circe or Calypso could never replace Penelope. Literally and metaphorically, no one can move their wedding bed.

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