Odyssey+15

=Chapter 15 - Telemachus Returns = =**By Allie, Meghan, Sarah and Katie **=

Bullet point summery//__**:(Meghan and Allie)**__//

-In the beginning of this chapter Athene is talking to Telemachus about the suitors trying to marry his mother. -Telemachus tells Menelaus that he wants to return home. -Telemachus and his crew receive gifts from Menelaus and Helen -The omen (eagle) - Athene gives wind to Telemachus and his crew. -Telemachus reaches Ithaca -Omen Hawk.

//__Themes: ,(Meghan and Allie, Katie )__//
- Hospitality: pg 197 when Menelaus told his wife to prepare a meal for Telemachus. - Divine intervention: pg 202 when Athene sent wind so the ship would sail quickly. -Homeric Hero: pg 196, when Telemachus takes charge and tells Menelaus he wants to go home. -Hospitality: pg 202- Telemachus told Theoclymenus to come so that he can offer hospitality to him. -Homeric Metaphor: the hawk carrying the dove, compared to Odysseus

Locations Traveled and Mentioned: (Allie, Meghan, and Katie )
(**__//picture sarah)//__** //__**locations Allie and Meghan**__//
 * Ithaca pg 195, 198, and 201
 * Lacedaemon pg 195
 * Coast of Samos (p 195)
 * Hellas (northern greece) p.197
 * Pylos pg 196, 199, and 200
 * Troy pg 198
 * Argos pg 200
 * Phylace pg 201
 * Crouni pg202
 * Chalcis pg 202
 * Pheae pg 202
 * Elis pg 202
 * Pointed Isles pg 202
 * Ortygie pg 205

Study Guide Questions: (Allie and Meghan)
**1) Who does Athene visit at the beginning of this chapter? Why?** (Allie)

She visits Telemachus because she needed to tell him that he needed to go home.

**2) How does she convince Telemachus to go home?** (Allie) She tells him that his mom is about to get married to one of the suitors

**3) What warning does Athene give to Telemachus?** (Allie) The suitors are waiting for Telemachus to come back to Ithaca becasue they want to murder him.

**4) Where does Telemachus have to go when he first reaches Ithaca?** (Allie) he has to visit the swineherd

**5) What gifts does Menelaus offer to Telemachus?** (Allie) He offers a mixing bowl of wrought metal. It is solid silver, with a rim of gold, and was made by Hephaestus.

**6) What does Helen give to Telemachus?** (Allie) she gives him a robe made by herself **7) What omen do they witness?** (Allie) A bird came flying and this bird was an eagle. the bird was carrying a white goose When it reached the chariot,it went off again towards the right in front of the horses.

what does this omen mean? (Allie)

that Odysseus is going to make it home, but he will also have revenge.

**9)What does Telemachus ask Nestor’s son to do?** (Allie) he doesn't want to pass the ships.

**10) Who shows up when they are about to leave?** (Allie) A stranger from a land far away.

**11) What is this visitor’s story?** (Allie) He left his land Argos after murdering a man from his own blood. To avoid death and punishment he ran away.

**12) What does he ask Telemachus?** (Allie) he wants to sail with him and his crew

**13) What does Odysseus tell Eumaeus that he plans to do the next day?** (Allie) the next morning he plans to go into town

**14) How does Eumaeus respond? (meghan) **

He responds by telling him that he does not want Odysseus to go into the town.

**15) Who does Odysseus ask Eumaeus about?** (Allie) he asks about odysseus's mom and dad

**16) Briefly summarize what happened to Eumaeus when he was young. (meghan) ** Eumaeus was taken from by Phoenician pirates, and how he take all around the seas until Laertes brought him back to Ithaca.

**17) What omen appears after Telemachus returns to Ithaca?( meghan )**

A hawk flies past Telemachus on his right side.

**18) What does it mean?( meghan )**

When a bird passes on your right that means that something good is going to happen. That could mean that something good is going to happen to Telemachus.

**19)Who is Telemachus going to visit?( Meghan )**

Telemachus is going to visit swineherd.