https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz An Epic Poem en-us 2019-05-13 20:50:38 UTC 2023-03-29 23:45:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f52b.png sm982683 https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/359670911 The king sends Odysseus Back home to Ithaca. He learns Athena has been helping him along his journey. In disguise, Odysseus goes off to find his faithful friend.]]> 2019-05-13 20:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/359670911 sm982683 https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/359673411 Eumaeus Welcomes Odysseus who is in disguise into his home. Eumaeus serves him dinner as Odysseus tells a made up life. Odysseus sleeps in Eumaeus's house. ]]> 2019-05-13 21:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/359673411 sm982683 https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/359673980 Athena tells Telemachus to come home and avoid an ambush by the suitors. Eumaeus tells his story. Eumaeus gets taken by his nursemaid who sell's him to Odysseus's father and was raised as a member of the family.]]> 2019-05-13 21:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/359673980 sm982683 https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/359675873 Telemachus evades the suitors and follows Athena's instructions to go to Eumaeus's farmstead. Athena restores Odysseus's normal appearance and they are reunited. They to take down the suitors ]]> 2019-05-13 21:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/359675873 sm982683 https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/359676703 Odysseus travels to town and encounters Melanthius, who curses and tries to kick him. Odysseus goes into the castle and begs for food from the suitors. One man Antinous says no and throws a stool at him.]]> 2019-05-13 21:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/359676703 sm982683 https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360099563 A real beggar is at the castle and warns Odysseus so stay of his turf. Odysseus prepares to fight him and instead of killing him he breaks his jaw. Another suitor Eurymachus throws a stool at Odysseus.]]> 2019-05-14 20:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360099563 sm982683 https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360101752 Odysseus has a long talk with Queen Penelope but
does not reveal his identity and she orders her maid to give her a foot massage. The maid Eurycleia was Odysseus's nurse as a child and notices a scar on his knee he got from Mount Parnassus. He silences her when she notices its him ]]> 2019-05-14 20:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360101752 sm982683 https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360102522 Odysseus asks for a sign from Zeus and he sends a clap of thunder down. One of the servants sees this and recognizes it s a sign and prays. A prophet, an exiled murder shares the same vision of seeing the walls of the mansion drip with blood. ]]> 2019-05-14 20:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360102522 sm982683 https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360103959 Penelope appears and brings down the bow that Odysseus used in troy and says that " whoever can string this bow and shoot 12 ax heads will marry her." A few of the suitors try this but they can't. Odysseus steps up and does it in a breeze. Telemachus realizes that he is his father and takes arm by his side ]]> 2019-05-14 20:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360103959 sm982683 https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360105173 Odysseus puts an arrow through Antinous's throat. The goatherd sneaks out and gets weapons for the suitors. Athena appears and disarms the suitors allowing Odysseus, Telemachus and the herdsman to throw volley after volley of spears at the suitors. They finish off the stragglers with swords. ]]> 2019-05-14 20:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360105173 sm982683 https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360546980 The mansion is on fire Odysseus tells them to dress in their finest clothes and dance so the towns folk wont see them. Penelope is still uncertain that Odysseus is truly her husband so she asks her servant to move his bed outside. Odysseus is outrageous He says "Who had the craft
to move my bed? I carved the bedpost myself from the
living trunk of an olive tree and built the bedroom
around it." Once he said this Penelope rushed into his arms. ]]> 2019-05-15 20:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360546980 sm982683 https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360548024 Odysseus goes up to see his father old king Laertes who is now a peasant. Odysseus springs a tall tale before their reunion. The kin of the suitors gather in the assembly grounds. The father of Antinous fires them up for revenge. Odysseus, Telemachus, the herdsmen, Laertes and the field hands arm themselves for the battle thats ahead. Laertes casts a lance through Antinous's father, but at the command of Zeus, Athena tells them to live in peace. ]]> 2019-05-15 20:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sm982683/s9q1jvrnl8dz/wish/360548024