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I think I understand almost everything in the Odyssey. Anyone ask me...But the major problem is that I did not know most of the things before the test...I wish I had a make-up test. I hope Mrs.Faughey sees this. (And remember this is all of my knowledge, not copied and pasted...)Basically the Odyssey tells us of a man named Odysseus. It has been 10 years after the Trojan war, and he has still not returned to Ithaca, his hometown. His wife, Penelope, is being harassed by suitors who ravage the town in order to capture the throne. Telemachus, Odysseus's son tries and protects his mother, while Athena, the goddess of wisdom, also tries and helps out.
Athena mainly helps out by going to the town disguised to urge Telemachus to travel and urge people to save Odysseus. Odysseus is trapped in an island with Calypso, and he cannot escape, because he cannot build a ship. Later, Zeus after hearing the news sends Hermes, who urges Calyspo to free Odysseus. She gives in, but as Odysseus leaves on a ship, Posyiedon the father of Polyphemus ( a cyclops he had blinded) sends a storm to kill him off. ( because he is the god of sea). Eventually Odysseus manages to escape and find his way back home. Him and Telemachus learn from their mistakes of boasting, and together they kill the suitors. When he returns, Penelope does not realize that it is him, until he wins a competition that only Odysseus acan complete.
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I agree with what jamie posted on her blog*pokes janmie's blog* why would penelope wait for more than 10 years and not marry? were all the suitors THAT bad? i knwo they wont be as good as oddesseour but come on. i dunno. this book..it wasnt too realistic,putting aside all the gods and creature thignies, just teh normal life wasnt realistic. and i dont like how oddeseus just slays all the suitors just liek that with no mercy. i understand that he's angry and all, but he didn't just have to kill them all of. the stroy IS "kinda" exagerated. so i dunno..i dont liek it much..then i also hate the part when the suitors are in the house of teh dead(or something like that) after they were slayed by odesseus. i dont like that they were proud of oddesseus and complimented him and all thta. in real life, a nomrmal person would love to kill oddesseus back if hey had the chance, not COM PLIMENT him! i think oddesseus should die. that would give a nice twist to this story*evil grin*
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