https://litwiki.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Gthomason 2026-06-07T06:25:52Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.43.0 https://litwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Odyssey_Summary:Book_19&diff=7374 2006-06-21T03:46:48Z

<p>Gthomason: Added just a whole lot more of detail.</p> <hr /> <div>This book opens up with Odysseus studying the soon to be killing grounds. He tells Telemakhos to move the weapons out of the room. However, if the suitors become wary of him moving the weapons he offers two explinations. Telemakhos should either say that the weapons are getting blackened by smoke from the in-house stove or tell them that he doesn't want drunken men around weapons incase they start fighting. Either way getting the weapons out of the way will make Odysseus' job easier. Then Telemakhos informs Eurykleia to lock the womens quarters because they are going to be moving some armorments around. <br /> Odysseus tells his son to continue his mission and that he is going to &quot;test&quot; (58) Penelope. <br /> <br /> While going to the queen quarters Odysseus is stopped by Melanthos' voice. Essentially she makes fun of him because he is a beggar. Then she leaves when Penelope decides to question the beggar about Odysseus. They get into a long dialogue about how where the beggar comes from and how sad Penelope is that her lord is away. After Penelope leaves, an old maid washes Odysseus. While bathing him, she comments on how much he looks like their king. Then she notices a scar that he had which insured her that it was indeed Odysseus because 20 years past she bathed him so she knew that scar front to back. Then odysseus swears the maid to silence. Later Penelope tells the beggar/Odysseus that there will be a contest that was something that he had done which was shooting an arrow though 12 axes.</div>

Gthomason https://litwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Iliad/Book_18&diff=9110 2006-06-08T15:49:26Z

<p>Gthomason: </p> <hr /> <div>Antilochus, a messenger, rushes to tell Achilles that Patroclus has died. Upon noticing that Hector is wearing Patroclus' armor he breaks down with grief. Antilochus joins him and Achilles lets out a &quot;wrenching cry&quot;. Thetis and a group of immortal sea-nymphs join Achilles in mourning and she (Thetis) proclaims that eventhough her son was born flawless, there is nothing she can to do ease the pain of a lost friend. Then Thetis and Achilles have a conversation where she tells him not to hold his anguish inside and she also informs him that &quot;...hard on the heels of Hector's death your death must come...&quot;. Achilles regains his rage and asks his mother not to restrain him from fighting. She suggests that he not fight until she comes back the next day. <br /> <br /> With Patroclus' body laying on the fron lines, Hector and the Trojans fight to capture the corpse and get pushed back three times. Seeing this Hera sends her messenger Iris to tell Achilles to go fight. At first he was concerned that he didn't have any armor until Iris re-assures him that just the sight of Achilles will scare the Trojans off of the corpse. Then Achilles gives three war cries that caused twelve of the finest Trojan fighters to die due to chariots whirling around in panic. Achilles retreived the body and they mourned for him while the sun went down. <br /> <br /> While considering an attack, Polydamas tells the remaining Trojans to return to the gates and conserve their strength. Hector agrees to returning to their posts and proclaims that he will not run from Achilles if confronted in battle. While the Trojans eat, the Argives start a funeral pyre that includes cleaning the blood off of Patroclus' body and bathing him with olive oil. Then they cover him with white sheets from head to toe.<br /> <br /> Then Thetis goes to Hephaestus' house to ask him to make Achilles new armor. Hephaestus agrees because Thetis saved him from a cave his mother placed him in. He forges the armor combining many elements of life and the power of the gods.</div>

Gthomason https://litwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Iliad/Book_18&diff=7238 2006-06-08T15:48:46Z

<p>Gthomason: Added the word &quot;new&quot; to specify that Achilles had old armor. i.e. being more specific.</p> <hr /> <div>Antilochus, a messenger, rushes to tell Achilles that Patroclus has died. Upon noticing that Hector is wearing Patroclus' armor he breaks down with grief. Antilochus joins him and Achilles lets out a &quot;wrenching cry&quot;. Thetis and a group of immortal sea-nymphs join Achilles in mourning and she (Thetis) proclaims that eventhough her son was born flawless, there is nothing she can to do ease the pain of a lost friend. Then Thetis and Achilles have a conversation where she tells him not to hold his anguish inside and she also informs him that &quot;...hard on the heels of Hector's death your death must come...&quot;. Achilles regains his rage and asks his mother not to restrain him from fighting. She suggests that he not fight until she comes back the next day. <br /> <br /> With Patroclus' body laying on the fron lines, Hector and the Trojans fight to capture the corpse and get pushed back three times. Seeing this Hera sends her messenger Iris to tell Achilles to go fight. At first he was concerned that he didn't have any armor until Iris re-assures him that just the sight of Achilles will scare the Trojans off of the corpse. Then Achilles gives three war cries that caused twelve of the finest Trojan fighters to die due to chariots whirling around in panic. Achilles retreived the body and they mourned for him while the sun went down. <br /> <br /> While considering an attack, Polydamas tells the remaining Trojans to return to the gates and conserve their strength. Hector agrees to returning to their posts and proclaims that he will not run from Achilles if confronted in battle. While the Trojans eat, the Argives start a funeral pyre that includes cleaning the blood off of Patroclus' body and bathing him with olive oil. Then they cover him with white sheets from head to toe.<br /> <br /> Then Thetis goes to Hephaestus' house to ask him to make Achilles new armor. Hephaestus agrees because Thetis saved him from a cave his mother placed him in. He forges the armor combining many elements of life and powered by the gods.</div>

Gthomason https://litwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Iliad/Book_18&diff=7237 2006-06-08T01:23:17Z

<p>Gthomason: </p> <hr /> <div>Antilochus, a messenger, rushes to tell Achilles that Patroclus has died. Upon noticing that Hector is wearing Patroclus' armor he breaks down with grief. Antilochus joins him and Achilles lets out a &quot;wrenching cry&quot;. Thetis and a group of immortal sea-nymphs join Achilles in mourning and she (Thetis) proclaims that eventhough her son was born flawless, there is nothing she can to do ease the pain of a lost friend. Then Thetis and Achilles have a conversation where she tells him not to hold his anguish inside and she also informs him that &quot;...hard on the heels of Hector's death your death must come...&quot;. Achilles regains his rage and asks his mother not to restrain him from fighting. She suggests that he not fight until she comes back the next day. <br /> <br /> With Patroclus' body laying on the fron lines, Hector and the Trojans fight to capture the corpse and get pushed back three times. Seeing this Hera sends her messenger Iris to tell Achilles to go fight. At first he was concerned that he didn't have any armor until Iris re-assures him that just the sight of Achilles will scare the Trojans off of the corpse. Then Achilles gives three war cries that caused twelve of the finest Trojan fighters to die due to chariots whirling around in panic. Achilles retreived the body and they mourned for him while the sun went down. <br /> <br /> While considering an attack, Polydamas tells the remaining Trojans to return to the gates and conserve their strength. Hector agrees to returning to their posts and proclaims that he will not run from Achilles if confronted in battle. While the Trojans eat, the Argives start a funeral pyre that includes cleaning the blood off of Patroclus' body and bathing him with olive oil. Then they cover him with white sheets from head to toe.<br /> <br /> Then Thetis goes to Hephaestus' house to ask him to make Achilles armor. Hephaestus agrees because Thetis saved him from a cave his mother placed him in. He forges the armor combining many elements of life and powered by the gods.</div>

Gthomason https://litwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Iliad/Book_18&diff=7236 2006-06-08T01:03:56Z

<p>Gthomason: Edited the word *corpse in the second paragraph and added more summary</p> <hr /> <div>Antilochus, a messenger, rushes to tell Achilles that Patroclus has died. Upon noticing that Hector is wearing Patroclus' armor he breaks down with grief. Antilochus joins him and Achilles lets out a &quot;wrenching cry&quot;. Thetis and a group of immortal sea-nymphs join Achilles in mourning and she (Thetis) proclaims that eventhough her son was born flawless, there is nothing she can to do ease the pain of a lost friend. Then Thetis and Achilles have a conversation where she tells him not to hold his anguish inside and she also informs him that &quot;...hard on the heels of Hector's death your death must come...&quot;. Achilles regains his rage and asks his mother not to restrain him from fighting. She suggests that he not fight until she comes back the next day. <br /> <br /> With Patroclus' body laying on the fron lines, Hector and the Trojans fight to capture the corpse and get pushed back three times. Seeing this Hera sends her messenger Iris to tell Achilles to go fight. At first he was concerned that he didn't have any armor until Iris re-assures him that just the sight of Achilles will scare the Trojans off of the corpse. Then Achilles gives three war cries that caused twelve of the finest Trojan fighters to die due to chariots whirling around in panic. Achilles retreived the body and they mourned for him while the sun went down. <br /> <br /> While considering an attack, Polydamas tells the remaining Trojans to return to the gates and conserve their strength. Hector agrees to returning to their posts and proclaims that he will not run from Achilles if confronted in battle. While the Trojans eat, the Argives start a funeral pyre that includes cleaning the blood off of Patroclus' body and bathing him with olive oil. Then they cover him with white sheets from head to toe.</div>

Gthomason https://litwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Iliad/Book_18&diff=7235 2006-06-07T17:58:37Z

<p>Gthomason: </p> <hr /> <div>Antilochus, a messenger, rushes to tell Achilles that Patroclus has died. Upon noticing that Hector is wearing Patroclus' armor he breaks down with grief. Antilochus joins him and Achilles lets out a &quot;wrenching cry&quot;. Thetis and a group of immortal sea-nymphs join Achilles in mourning and she (Thetis) proclaims that eventhough her son was born flawless, there is nothing she can to do ease the pain of a lost friend. Then Thetis and Achilles have a conversation where she tells him not to hold his anguish inside and she also informs him that &quot;...hard on the heels of Hector's death your death must come...&quot;. Achilles regains his rage and asks his mother not to restrain him from fighting. She suggests that he not fight until she comes back the next day. <br /> <br /> With Patroclus' body laying on the fron lines, Hector and the Trojans fight to capture the corps and get pushed back three times. Seeing this Hera sends her messenger Iris to tell Achilles to go fight. At first he was concerned that he didn't have any armor until Iris re-assures him that just the sight of Achilles will scare the Trojans off of the corpse. Then Achilles gives three war cries that caused twelve of the finest Trojan fighters to die due to chariots whirling around in panic.</div>

Gthomason https://litwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Iliad/Book_18&diff=7232 2006-06-07T17:49:47Z

<p>Gthomason: </p> <hr /> <div>Antilochus, a messenger, rushes to tell Achilles that Patroclus has died. Upon noticing that Hector is wearing Patroclus' armor he breaks down with grief. Antilochus joins him and Achilles lets out a &quot;wrenching cry&quot;. Thetis and a group of immortal sea-nymphs join Achilles in mourning and she (Thetis) proclaims that eventhough her son was born flawless, there is nothing she can to do ease the pain of a lost friend. Then Thetis and Achilles have a conversation where she tells him not to hold his anguish inside and she also informs him that &quot;...hard on the heels of Hector's death your death must come...&quot;. Achilles regains his rage and asks his mother not to restrain him from fighting. She suggests that he not fight until she comes back the next day.</div>

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