CLA 2101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Telemachus, Polyphemus, Scheria

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2101
• Professor: Don't Know

Document Summary

In the twentieth year of odysseus" absence, the gods decide that it is time for him to return home. Goddess athena arrives at ithaca, disguised as mentor, an old friend of odysseus, and suggests to telemachos (odysseus" son) to confront the suitors in public. These men have taken up permanent residence in the palace and try to persuade penelope (odysseus" wife) to marry one of them. Athena advises telemachos to visit nestor, king of pylos and menelaos, king of sparta, to inquire about his father. Telemachos tries to stir the men of ithaca to action against the suitors, but to no avail. Accompanied by athena, disguised as mentor, sets off to pylos. Telemachos visits king nestor and hears stories about other heroes" returns and the fate of agamemnon, but no word about his father. Menelaos and helen welcome him and tell him more stories about the returns of the.