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Death in the Great Hall

Death in the Great Hall. BOOK XXII. Death of Antinoos. Shoots second arrow at Antinoos’s throat and kills him “backward and down he went, letting the winecup fall from his shocked hand” (lines 17-18) Suitors are confused until Odysseus reveals his true identity

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Death in the Great Hall

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  1. Death in the Great Hall BOOK XXII

  2. Death of Antinoos • Shoots second arrow at Antinoos’s throat and kills him • “backward and down he went, letting the winecup fall from his shocked hand” (lines 17-18) • Suitors are confused until Odysseus reveals his true identity • They become scared and try to escape but the doors are locked

  3. Trying to Escape • Eurymakhos tried to rally the suitors together to fight back • He hurled at Odysseus and was killed by an arrow • Amphinomos ran after at Odysseus and was killed by Tele-makhos’s spear • Telemakhos fetches swords and spears from the storeroom, but forgets to lock the door on the way out

  4. Battle in the Great Hall • Battle between Odysseus and the suitors emerges • Athena appears as Mentor and doesn’t participate at first but then joins in and the battle ends swiftly • Only the minstrel Phemios and the herald Medon are spared • Leodes the priest is not spared however • “No plea like yours could save you from this hard bed of death” (lines 365- 366)

  5. Cleaning Up • After everyone had died Odysseus called the nurse Eurykleia out and wanted the names of disloyal servants • He had the twelve women bring the corpses to the courtyard and scrub the Great Hall clean and then hanged them • He then “purfied” the Great Hall with fire • He also sent Eurykleia to bring Penelope to the Great Hall

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