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H.English OdysseySum

Mini-test English IV Honors (Book summaries)

BookSummary
Book 1 Poseidon is angry at Odysseus, Athena convinces gods to allow Odysseus to return home, Athena (disguised) advises Telemachus to search for news of his father, Telemachus speaks with Eurycleia (old nurse)
Book 2 Telemachus makes a public appeal before the elders, the omen of the eagles = Odysseus' safe return and vengeance, Athena (disguised as Mentor) helps Telemachus sail away to Pylos
Book 3 Telemachus makes pleas for news of his father to Nestor (Pylos king), Nestor left Troy with Menelaus while Agamemnon stayed behind with Odysseus, Nestor's son and Telemachus take chariots to Sparta (King Menelaus and Helen)
Book 4 Menelaus and Helen welcoming, feast, Menelaus tells of Trojan horse, news of Odysseus on Calypso's island, Antinous and suitors plot Telemachus' death, Penelope mourns and is comforted by phantom of her sister
Book 5 Hermes delivers message to Calypso to free Odysseus, she offers immortality for him to stay with her, Poseidon becomes angry and wrecks his ship, Ino (sea-nymph) gives Odysseus her shawl, he lands on Scheria' shore, sleeps in leaf-shelter
Book 6 Phaeacians had to flee Cyclops, Athena tells Nausicaa (daughter of Phaeacian king, Alcinous) to wash clothes, she discovers Odysseus, she returns to town, he waits behind to not seem suspicious while walking with Nausicca
Book 7 Athena wraps Odysseus in mist during arrival, Odysseus grabs Arete's knees, King Alcinous and Queen Arete are welcoming, he tells of his tale, Alcinous promises to get Odysseus safely home
Book 8 Council of Phaeacians (feast, songs, comp.), ship and crew for Odysseus, Euryalus challenges Odysseus who throws large discus the farthest, blind Demodocus sings of Aphrodite and Ares' love affair, song of wooden horse, Euryalus gifts silver-studded sword
Book 9 Odysseus tells King Alcinous of his wanderings - Cicones, Lotus-Eaters, Drunkens and blinds Polyphemus with hot stake so he will roll open the giant stone, name = "No-One," Escape under sheep, Odysseus boasts, Helios' wrath
Book 10 Aeolus gifts bag of wind, greedy men open it and send the ship back out to sea, Laestrygonian giant cannibals kill men, throw rocks, arrive at Circe's island who uses a potion to turn men into swine, Moly, Odysseus stays with her for 1 year, Elpenor's dea
Book 11 Hermes guides Odysseus to Hades, makes offering, speaks with souls that taste the blood, Elpenor requests a burial, Tiresias' prophecy about Odysseus' safe return and second quest, meets mother (died of grief) and other great men
Book 12 Odysseus returns to Circe's land, builds Elpenor's burial mound, tied to mast, beeswax in mens ears vs Sirens, Scylla eats 6 men, avoids Charybdis, Men eat forbidden cattle, Helios threatens to bring sun to underworld if Zeus doesn't take revenge, Calypso
Book 13 Phaeacian crew takes Odysseus and his gifts to Ithaca, Poseidon is enraged at Phaeacians for aiding O, prophecy is fulfilled at their boat turns to stone and sink, must abandon custom of helping wayward travelers, Athena keeps O from recognizing land
Book 14 Odysseus' disguised as old beggar, visits loyal swineherd Eumaeus who tells of arrogant suitors, Odysseus tells false tale and that O is returning home soon, meal, tests Eumaeus with cloak
Book 15 Athena urges Telemachus return to Eumaeus/warns of suitors, he receives gifts from Menelaus and Helen, omen with eagle of revenge, brings home Theoclymenus (seer), O offers to leave (tests Eumaeus), omen with hawk
Book 16 Telemachus is welcomed by Eumaeus who goes to tell Penelope of his return, O&T reunite, form plan of revenge, suitors hear of return, they plot killing T, Amphinomus hesitant about killing T, Penelope scolds them for plot, Eurymachus falsely calms her
Book 17 Telemachus & Odysseus separately arrive at palace, T reunites with Penelope and nurse Eurycleia, Theoclymenus tells of O's soon return, Melanthius goatherd scorns beggar and Eumaeus, loyal Argos (hound) dies after seeing O, Antinous throws stool,sneeze
Book 18 Irus (beggar#2) insults Odysseus who then wins boxing match, O warns Amphinomous to flee, Penelope scolds Telemachus for allowing match, P requests gifts, Melantho (handmaid) taunts Odysseus, Eurymachus throws stool (Athena wants O angry),Telemachus=brave
Book 19 Odysseus & Telemachus hide arms "keep from damage," Odysseus' fake tales to Penelope, says O will be home soon, Eurycleia notices boar scar while washing, hushed, P's dream of eagle killing 20 geese, P's archery test plan
Book 20 O sleepless over killing so many men, Penelope begs to die, Zeus' sign of thunder, doom omen for suitors, faithful cowherd ox hoof thrown, insane laughter with blood in room omen, Theoclymenus interprets doom
Book 21 O reveals himself to swine/cowherds (scar) who lock gates and hide women, Antinous suggest postponing archery test, Only O (beggar) can string and shoot his bow through 12 axes, scared suitors
Book 22 O kills Antinous first quickly, T spears Amphinomus and gets arms, fails to lock storage, Melanthius steals arms & gets tied up by swine/cowherds, slaughter, Eurycleia rejoices, rounds up unfaithful women, hanged, Melanthius tortured, sulfure&fire/clean
Book 23 Penelope doubts O's return, tests with bed frame story, Athena delays dawn so they can talk, Tiresias' prophecy retold of future hard test - sacrifice bull to Poseidon, Odysseus goes to see Laertes
Book 24 Hermes guides suitors to Hades, Agamemnon & Achilles argue over better death, Amphimedon tells of death, Laertes eventually recognizes O, suitor's parents seek revenge after burials, Antinous' father killed by Laerte's spear, Peace is restored by Athena
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