What is book 22 about in the Odyssey?
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What is book 22 about in the Odyssey?
In Book 22 of The Odyssey, Odysseus reveals his true identity to everyone and begins slaughtering the suitors. Telemachus goes to get more weapons and leaves the storeroom unlocked by mistake, allowing the suitors to arm themselves. The goddess Athena shows up disguised as Mentor, Odysseus’s old friend.
What is Book 23 of The Odyssey about?
In Book 23 of The Odyssey, Penelope sees Odysseus without his disguise, but still refuses to believe it is really him. Meanwhile, Odysseus wants everyone to act as if there is a wedding and Penelope has remarried, to hide his slaughter of the suitors from outsiders.
Who dies in Book 22 of the Odyssey?
Odysseus kills the enemy’s most aggressive leader, Antinous, before any of the suitors realize that the king has returned or that they are in danger. With the leader dead, confusion races through the crowd.
What intervention does Athena make at the end of Book 23?
How does Athena intervene at the end of the Odysseus to bring peace to Ithaca? She erases the memories of all the families of the suitors so that they wouldn’t remember that Odysseus killed their sons and they all loved Odysseus again.
What is the fate of the priest in Book 22 The Odyssey?
Leodes, the priest, is swiftly killed by Odysseus, however Telemachus requests that he spare Phemius and Medon for their innocence and goodwill towards him as a child. Odysseus agrees to do so, and next requests that Eurycleia be brought before him so that they may deal with the disloyal female servants.
Why is the olive tree bed immovable?
This bed, which is unmovable and unchangeable, represents the constancy of the relationship between Odysseus and Penelope. Despite twenty years apart, their love remains firm and unimpeachable, just like the bed they occupied upon their union.
What does Argos dog mean?
If Argus had stayed alive like most of us hoped, he would have hinted at his master’s arrival, allowing troops and Penelope’s suitors ample time to plan his death. Argus himself symbolizes Odysseus, loyal to a fault.
