Odyssey+15

Chapter 15 - Telemachus Returns
===Summary: Athene goes to find Telemachus to remind him that he must return home because the suitors are going to win his mothers hand in marriage. She also warns him that people are going to try and ambush him on his way home so he has to be careful. On his way home he stops so the swineherd can tell Penelope that Telemachus is safe. The next day, he tells Menelaus and Helen that he is returning home and they give him gifts. When he is leaving, a eagle flies over him with a goose in its talons and they think it means that Odysseus is returning home and is going to seek revenge on the suitors. Once at Pylos, when the ship is about to leave, Theoclymenus asks if he can come on their ship and Telemachus welcomes him. ===


 * Odysseus says that he wants to leave Eurmaeus' hut, hoping that Eurmaeus will say that he can stay longer, which he does. Odysseus and the swineherd trade stories. The next morning, Telemachus gets to Ithica. He leaves and leaves the crew goes to the city on the ship. The crew sees a hawk carrying a dove in its talons, which is interpreted as a sign of strength for Odysseus. **

Themes:

 *  Divine Intervention
 *  Athene telling Telemachus to go home
 *  Female Role
 *  Athene talking about "how women are"
 *  The woman helping to kidnap Eumaeus
 *  Development of Telemachus
 *  Telemachus taking charge of the crew
 *  Zeus
 *  Hospitality
 *  Menelaus giving Telemachus gifts
 *  Telemachus letting Theoclymenus go with him and his crew to Ithaca
 *  Eumaeus doesn't let Odysseus go to his palace, where Eumaeus is sure they will not treat him well
 *  Telemachus tells Theoclymenus where to go to be taken care of
 *  Loyalty
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Locations Traveled:
1.Pherae



2. Pylos

3. Ithaca

Study Guide Questions:
She visits Telemachus to remind him that he must return home.
 * Who does Athene visit at the beginning of this chapter? Why?**

She tells him that his mothers father is trying to marry his mother to someone and that many of his things might be gone.
 * How does she convince Telemachus to go home?**

She warns him that the ringleaders among suitors are going to try to kill him when he is returning home so he must be careful.
 * What warning does Athene give to Telemachus?**

He must visit the swineherd and stay there for the night and then send the swineherd to tell Penelope that Telemachus is safe.
 * Where does Telemachus have to go when he first reaches Ithaca?**

he gives him a mixing bowl of wrought metal
 * What gifts does Menelaus offer to Telemachus?**

Helen gives Telemachus her finest robe so that someday his wife can wear it on their wedding day.
 * What does Helen give to Telemachus?**

A eagle flies over them carrying a great white goose in its talons.
 * What omen do they witness?**

That Odysseus will return home and seek revenge. Or that Odysseus is already home and is causing trouble for the suitors.
 * What does Menelaus think the omen means?**

To put him down and not take him past his ship to save him from having to be kept at the palace against his will.
 * What does Telemachus ask Nestor’s son to do?**

A stranger from a distant land.
 * Who shows up when they are about to leave?**

He had fled from Argos after killing a man, he was a seer descended from Melampus.
 * What is this visitor’s story?**

He asked Telemachus " who are you? Where you come from？ What is your tow n and who are your people".
 * What does he ask Telemachus?**

Odysseus tells Eumaeus that he will leave in the morning and go to the town to beg.
 * What does Odysseus tell Eumaeus that he plans to do the next day?**

Eumaeus thinks it is not a good idea to go to the town. He does not want Odysseus to go.
 * How does Eumaeus respond?**

His mother.
 * Who does Odysseus ask Eumaeus about?**

He lived in a island and his family ruled this island. Once a woman that worked for their house brought him to a ship and the mariner sold him to Odysseus's father.
 * Briefly summarize what happened to Eumaeus when he was young.**

He will also go to the countryside of Ithaca.
 * What omen appears after Telemachus returns to Ithaca?**

He will meert his father.
 * What does it mean?**

Eumaeus.
 * Who is Telemachus going to visit?**