Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey

“Your grandfather, Odysseus arrived at the swineherd’s house and reunited with his old friend, Eumaeus Eumaeus did not recognize him and only saw him as a beggar. Nonetheless, he welcomed Odysseus into his dwelling and fed him food and wine - remember son, we must welcome everyone to our homes, for we cannot anger Zeus, the host god. Eumaeus truly honored your grandfather and he talked on and on about his riches and his heroic journey to Troy. Even though he thought your grandfather will never return home he told him that he was still protective of his riches, and he was furious with your grandmother’s suitors freeloading of all the wealth and food you grandfather had. Your grandfather had to hide his identity because the great Pallas Athena told him to hide it, so he lied to Eumaeus about his past. He said he was from Crete and he suffered many hardships in his time of war. In his story he said that he arrived on an island that welcomed him after his shipwreck and on the island he heard the news of Odysseus. Eumaeus foolishly did not believe him but still fed him dinner. …show more content…
Eumaeus uses saddening phrases such as “cut off from the world” (421) and “eat him out of house and home” (423) to create a depressing and frustrating tone against the suitors who fraud their way to riches. The use of personification of the “whirlwinds” (421) ripping Odysseus away shows that Eumaeus has bereavement for Odysseus and has no hope in him coming back to Ithaca because of his imagination of Odysseus being taken him away by the whirlwinds. Ithaca.When the people of the town “crowd the messenger, cross-examine him, heartsick for their long-lost lord” (423), the actions and description of the them create a sorrowful tone because of their desperation for a morsel of information on Odysseus, but they never find any news that is satisfying to their