Odyssey Summaries
Book 1: Athena, with the permision of Zues, visits Telemachus disguised as Mentes and tells Telemachus that Odysseus (his father) is alive; Telemachus gets inspire to rid Ithaca of the suitors because of Athena's words.Book 2:Telemachus talks to the suitors and tells them that they will be punished; Athena helps Telemachus organize a crew to search for his father. Book 3:gives Telemachus supplies and the aid of his son, Peisistratus. Book 4:Telemachus and Athena disguised as Mentes set sail to visit King Nestor, who tells Telemachus to go to Sparta with his son Pisistatus to see Menelaus, who might know about his father's location. Book 5:Athena helped per sway the gods to free Odysseus from Calypso; Calypso gives Odysseus supplies and Odysseus sets sail on a hand made raft that is soon ship wrecked to the island of the Phaeacians by Poseidon. Book 6: Odysseus wakes up in the presence of the princess Nausieaa where she gives Odysseus cloughs and tells him to go to the palace Arete, with out her. Book 7: As Odysseus reached the palace with the help of Athena, Odysseus begs for help to the Queen who ends up promising him a boat home tomorrow in the morning; in the evening Odysseus must explain his encounter with
Book 8:Odysseus is still at the island of the Phaeacians where he is being entertained by a singer named Demodacus who makes Odysseus cry; later on Odysseus wins in some games and ends up telling about his Journeys. Book 12:Circe tells Odysseus where he must travel as he will encounter the Sirens and Book 16:Odysseus, still disguised as the stranger, sees his son Telemachus; Odysseus goes out side and when he returns he is his old self again, and Telemachus and Odysseus hug and weep. Book 13:Odysseus finishes telling his encounters and soon leaves Scheria and gets to Ithaca where he is confused by the completely different appearance of his homeland. Book 24:Hermes leads the souls of the suitors to Hades and Odysseus reunites with his father; The parents of the suitors get very angry for the slaughter and try to kill Odysseus and his friends, except Athena makes the war stop and only kills only Halitherses, father of Antinous and then peace is restored to Ithaca
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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