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Books 13-17 review

Books 13-17 review. The Odyssey. Book 13: “One More Strange Land”. In disbelief, Odysseus awakens on the shore of Ithaka and hides his treasures in a cave. Athena disguises him as a beggar. Odysseus concludes his story.

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Books 13-17 review

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  1. Books 13-17review The Odyssey

  2. Book 13: “One More Strange Land” • In disbelief, Odysseus awakens on the shore of Ithaka and hides his treasures in a cave. • Athena disguises him as a beggar. Odysseus concludes his story. King Alkinoos makes a sacrifice to Zeus, prepares gifts for Odysseus, and organizes a crew to take him home to Ithaka. Poseidon, angry that the Phaiakians helped Odysseus, asks for Zeus’s permission to destroy the cutter and “heave a mass of mountains in a ring around the city” (Od. 13.190-191).

  3. Book 14: “Hospitality in the Forest” • Odysseus is welcomed in Eumaios’s hut… ”You must eat something, drink some wine, and tell me where you are from and the hard times you have seen” (Od.14.54-55). • He curses “the race of Helen” for the loss of his master (Od.14.83). • Eumaios tells the beggar about the suitors plot to ambush Telemakhos. • Odysseus is pleased to see the swineherd’s dedication to his flock and his master.

  4. Book 15: “How They Came to Ithaka” • Athena warns Telemakhos about the suitors, particularly Eurymakhos. He is to gather his riches and hide them with a trusted servant. • The suitors are “hot for murder, waiting in a channel…they mean to kill you before you can set foot ashore” (Od. 15.42-45). • Theoklymenos interprets a bird sign that Telemakhos’ family will be in power forever. • Telemakhos heads to the swineherd’s hut.

  5. Book 16: “Father and Son” • Telemakhos arrives at the swineherd’s hut; they rejoice, feast, etc. and then Telemakhos send Eumaios to the castle to tell Penelope that he has safely returned. • Athena removes Odysseus’s disguise; however, Telemakhos initially believes that “meddling spirits conceived this trick to twist the knife in [him]” (Od. 17.230). • After some convincing, Telemakhos throws his arms around his father and “salt tears rose from the wells of longing in both men” (Od. 17. 255-256). • They devise a plan; Odysseus stresses that Telemakhos must “hold down his anger” even if the suitors berate/attack Odysseus; finally, he needs to gather all of the weapons and place them in the vault (Od.17.329).

  6. Book 17: “The Beggar and The Manor” • Eumaios brings Odysseus to the castle; on the way, he notices Argos, “lying near…treated as rubbish now, he lay upon a mass of dung before the gates (Od. 17. 383-384). • Why is this episode symbolic? • Odysseus is mistreated by the suitors, particularly Antinoos. • Penelope discovers that the beggar has news of her husband.

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