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After Zeus laments the greediness of man, using the perfidy of Clytemnestra and Aigístho against Agamémnon as an example, Athena tells of the suitors upsetting the house of Odysseus and Odysseus’ veritable imprisonment. Zeus agrees that Odysseus must finally return home and gives Athena leave to go to Ithaca and sends Hermes to Ogygia to free Odysseus. | After Zeus laments the greediness of man, using the perfidy of Clytemnestra and Aigístho against Agamémnon as an example, Athena tells of the suitors upsetting the house of Odysseus and Odysseus’ veritable imprisonment. Zeus agrees that Odysseus must finally return home and gives Athena leave to go to Ithaca and sends Hermes to Ogygia to free Odysseus. | ||
Athena travels to Ithaca, disguises herself as Mentês (“to think”), and goes to Telémakhos to give him courage against the suitors (he must tell them to clear out) and suggest he go to Nestor and Meneláos for news of Odysseus. When we first see Telémakhos he is still a passive boy, but by the end of the book (with Athena’s help) his confidence is bolstered enough to act. He warns the suitors to leave — to consume their own stores — and calls an assembly of the Ithacans for the next day. The suitors do not take him seriously, but are surprised by his nascent confidence. | [[Image:Athena1.jpg|thumb|left|Athena (Howard David Johnson)]] Athena travels to Ithaca, disguises herself as Mentês (“to think”), and goes to Telémakhos to give him courage against the suitors (he must tell them to clear out) and suggest he go to Nestor and Meneláos for news of Odysseus. When we first see Telémakhos he is still a passive boy, but by the end of the book (with Athena’s help) his confidence is bolstered enough to act. He warns the suitors to leave — to consume their own stores — and calls an assembly of the Ithacans for the next day. The suitors do not take him seriously, but are surprised by his nascent confidence. | ||
Book One closes with an image of loyalty from Eurykleia, the house maid that Laërtes (who now lives outside the city) purchased for twenty oxen. The night is peaceful, but Telémakhos goes to bed with the weight of days to come. | Book One closes with an image of loyalty from Eurykleia, the house maid that Laërtes (who now lives outside the city) purchased for twenty oxen. The night is peaceful, but Telémakhos goes to bed with the weight of days to come. | ||
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