Book I When I was a young boy, my father left for a journey. Twenty years have passed by, and he still has not returned from that journey. I do not think he is alive anymore. There is no way he could survive twenty years on a journey, is there? I hear my father is an incredible man, but twenty years is a long time. It saddens me to speak of my father which I grew up without, but today it came up. One of my father’s old friends, Mentes, told me that Odysseus is still alive and will be returning back home to Ithaca soon. He convinced me to gather the suitors that are staying at my father’s estate to be banished. Then she tells me to head over to Sparta and Pylos and ask about my father. I am so confused on why this just came up out of the
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An old man named Aegyptius started things off. He noticed how it was the first time an assembly had been held since my father was around, and he praised me for it. After Aegyptius finished speaking, I took over and discussed how I lost my father and now I am losing his home, too. It’s being taken over by the suitors. I disapprove how they eat Odysseus’ sheep and oxen and continue to live here day after day, while still acting rudely. A good man would just ask Icarius, Penelope’s father, for her hand in marriage instead of acting this way, in my opinion. One of the suitors named Antinous blames everything on Penelope, which I do not agree with. He says that she attracts every suitor in, but never actually commits to just one. Then my mother says that she will marry once she finishes weaving a shroud for her father-in-law named Laertes, but every single night she undid the work she had done during the daytime so it would never be finished. That way, she could remain unmarried. But then Antinous says if she doesn’t make a decision, he will send her back to her father so he can pick a husband for her. That really got me mad! Nobody will take throw my mother out. I call to the gods that they should punish the suitors, and that very moment some eagles appear above us. A man named Halitherses interprets this and says Odysseus will return and the suitors will face serious struggles if they do not leave. They all do not believe this. I began …show more content…
The first thing I come across with Mentor is a religious ceremony where dozens of bulls sacrificed to the god of the sea, Poseidon. But I needed to remember the point of journey, and that was my father. Mentor reminded me of that and encouraged me to head to Nestor, the King of Pylos, and discuss Odysseus. Once I reach him, he has no information on him, sadly. He told me that he had left with Menelaus and that Odysseus decided to stay back with Agamemnon. Then I asked him about Agamemnon’s fate, and he explained to me that he had returned back from Troy and found that Aegisthus married Clytemnestra, which was his wife. Aegisthus is a coward that stayed back while the Greeks fought. Then Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon, with Clytemnestra’s approval. Then he sent his son Pisistratus to come with me to Sparta. I then find out that Mentor is Athena, who turned into an eagle and stays behind to protect the crew of the
An old man named Aegyptius started things off. He noticed how it was the first time an assembly had been held since my father was around, and he praised me for it. After Aegyptius finished speaking, I took over and discussed how I lost my father and now I am losing his home, too. It’s being taken over by the suitors. I disapprove how they eat Odysseus’ sheep and oxen and continue to live here day after day, while still acting rudely. A good man would just ask Icarius, Penelope’s father, for her hand in marriage instead of acting this way, in my opinion. One of the suitors named Antinous blames everything on Penelope, which I do not agree with. He says that she attracts every suitor in, but never actually commits to just one. Then my mother says that she will marry once she finishes weaving a shroud for her father-in-law named Laertes, but every single night she undid the work she had done during the daytime so it would never be finished. That way, she could remain unmarried. But then Antinous says if she doesn’t make a decision, he will send her back to her father so he can pick a husband for her. That really got me mad! Nobody will take throw my mother out. I call to the gods that they should punish the suitors, and that very moment some eagles appear above us. A man named Halitherses interprets this and says Odysseus will return and the suitors will face serious struggles if they do not leave. They all do not believe this. I began …show more content…
The first thing I come across with Mentor is a religious ceremony where dozens of bulls sacrificed to the god of the sea, Poseidon. But I needed to remember the point of journey, and that was my father. Mentor reminded me of that and encouraged me to head to Nestor, the King of Pylos, and discuss Odysseus. Once I reach him, he has no information on him, sadly. He told me that he had left with Menelaus and that Odysseus decided to stay back with Agamemnon. Then I asked him about Agamemnon’s fate, and he explained to me that he had returned back from Troy and found that Aegisthus married Clytemnestra, which was his wife. Aegisthus is a coward that stayed back while the Greeks fought. Then Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon, with Clytemnestra’s approval. Then he sent his son Pisistratus to come with me to Sparta. I then find out that Mentor is Athena, who turned into an eagle and stays behind to protect the crew of the