Book: XVII: How Odysseus Returned to His Own Home
12/07/2011
Telemachus returns home, accompanied by Theoclymenus. Eumaeus brings the disguised Odysseus to his home where the suitors are entertaining themselves as usual. Odysseus is recognized only by Argos, his old hunting dog, who dies after hearing his master’s voice one last time. Odysseus tests the suitors by begging for food from each one. Penelope tells Eumaeus to bring the beggar to her; she wants to know if he has any news about Odysseus.
- What does Theoclymenos prophecy to Penelope?
- How does Odysseus test the suitors?
- Who recognizes Odysseus right away? How does he recognize him?
- Who makes Odysseus extremely angry?
- Why does Odysseus want to test his servants and his wife before revealing his identity?
Max said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:51 pm
1) Theoclymenus says to Penelope that Odysseus is already in Ithaca, he either moves about or stays in one place, learning of the suitors’ base misdeeds; he’s plotting vengeance.
2) Odysseus tests the suitors by begging food.
3) Argos (doggy) recognizes Odysseus, and at that moment dies. Argos wagged his tail and dropped his ears.
4) Odysseus is angry at Antinous.
5) Odysseus wants to know how every suitor reacts and who he needs to kill first.
faliley said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:54 pm
1. He prophecys that Odysseus is already in his home land and is plotting vengence against all the suiters.
2.Odysseus test the suiters by begging them for some food.
3. His old dog recognize him, the reason he recognized him is because he raised that dog since it was a puppy.
4. Antinous makes Odysseus extreamly angry.
5. He tested them because he wanted to see if are on suiters side or still loyal to him.
julian said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:55 pm
1. The god like augur.
2. Odysseus begs food from the suitors but they refuse to give him so much as crust and throws a footstool at him hitting his back.
3. Argos a broken-down old dog that he had raised as a pup who croaked.
4. The man who throws the footstool and refuses to feed him.
5. He tested his people and his wife because he wants to know who he needs to kill first or something like that.
Vara(: said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:55 pm
1. Theoclymenos prophecy to Penelope was that Odysseus was already home, that he moves about or stays in his place in Itheca, learning of the suitors’ base misdeeds; he’s plotting vengeance.
2. The way Odysseus tests the suitors is since he is dressed as a beggar, he tests the suitors kindness by begging them for food.
3. The hound, Argos, recognized Odysseus right away. The way the hound recognized Odysseus is because of his voice.
4. The suitor of the name Antinous was the one who really made Odysseus mad, because he was mouthing off about every little thing.
5. Odysseus wants to test his servants and his wife before he reveals his identity because while he was gone his house has been infiltrated by a bunch of suitors, and they has corrupted his house and servants. So pretty much Odyyseus is trying to find out who isn’t all that corrupted and is still loyal to him.
Mark on a RED DODGE said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:56 pm
1) Odesseus either moves about or stays in one place, learning of the suitors base misdeeds; hes planning vengence.
2) Odesseus tests the suitors by begging for food from each one of them.
3)The dog recognizes Odysseus right away. Dog recognizes Odysseus really fast because the dog was raised by his voice since he was a puppy and unfortunatly the dog then dies.
4) Antinos makes Odysseus extremly mad, by Antinos laughing and joking and blaming Odysseus for every thing.
5) He wants to test his servant and his wife because he wants to see if there still loyal.
katya[: said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:56 pm
1. Theeoclymenos tells Penelope that Odysseus is already in his own dear land, he`s learning of the suitors base misdeeds and he`s plotting vengeance.
2. Odyssseus tests the suitors by how polite they are to a beggar when they are not even in their own home. He asks them all for some of their food.
3. The dog Argos, recognizes Odysseus by his voice because Odysseus raised him when he was still a little puppy and then he dies..
4. Antinous makes him extremely angry because he didn`t give him any food and called him names and no calls him names even if he is a beggar in disguise. He also threw a chair at Odysseus.
5. Odysseus probably wants to see how nice they are to strangers that ask for food and help. He also might want to know how loyal they are to him and how much they like the suitors that are eating, drinking, and want to marry his wife because they are plotting to kill the suitors and maybe some unloyal servants in the process.
Arsen said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:57 pm
1. Theoclymentos prophecy to Penelope was that Odysseus was already in his own dear land either moving or stays in one place learning of the suitors misdeeds: and is planing vengeance against them.
2. Odysseus tests the suitors by asking them fr a little bit of food and see if they give food to a begger who is a stranger.
3. Odysseus is recognized by his dog Argos, which he raised himself. Argos the dog recognizes him by his voice and also he finally died after he found his master.
4. Antinous makes Odysseus extreamly angry because he didn’t give him any food and called him names and also threw a stool at him in to his shoulder.
5. Odysseus wants to test his servants and his wife because he wants to know if they are still loyal to Odysseus or to the suitors, also his wife if she is still loyal to Odysseus.
Max said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:57 pm
julian- For #1 it askes what his prophecy is not who he is
Alex said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:57 pm
1) He says to Penelope that Odysseus is already in Ithaca. He either moves about or stays in one place, learning of the suitors’ base misdeeds he’s vengeance.
2) Odysseus tests the suitor by begging for food.
3) Argos is the first one to recognize Odysseus .Odysseus raises Argos so he recognized him and wagged his tail.
4) Antinous is the one Odysseus is angry at.
5) Odysseus wants to know how every suitor reaction and how they are loyal and who will die first.
vars said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:57 pm
1) Theoclymenus told Penelope that odysseus is in Ithaca and plotting a vengeance against the suitors.
2) The way odysseus tests the suitors is he comes to them and begs them for food.
3) The dog recognizes odysseus right away and he recognizes him right away because he was raised by odysseus when he was a puppy.
4) Antinous makes odysseus extremely angry because he didn’t give him any food and he hit him.
5) Odysseus wants to test the servants and his wife before revealing his identity because sometimes the gods masquerade as mortals to test their righteousness.
mia(: said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:57 pm
1)Theoclymenus prophesy was that he is already in his own home land and he is planning to do vengeance on the suitors.
2) He tests the suitors by begging them food.
3)The dog recognizes his voice because he was raised by Odysseus since he was a puppy.
4)Altinous makes Odysseus very angry.
5)He doesn’t want to reveal his identidy because he wants to find out if all the servants are loyal to him. Then to kill all the suitors.
Vara(: said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:57 pm
Max- Doggy, heehee.
Yakov Kuzmin said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:58 pm
1. Theoclymenos tells Penelope that Odysseus is already in Ithaca and is planning to kill the suitors for revenge.
2. Odysseus tests the suitors by begging for food and some gave food and some hurt him. 3. The dog Argos recognizes Odysseus right away by the sound of his voice and Argos dies right after that.
4. Antinous is the one that makes Odysseus extremely angry when he throws a footstool at him.
5. Odysseus wants to do that because he has to know who in the castle is still loyal to him and his family.
Firce said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:58 pm
1.He tells her that Odysseus has come home and Odysseus either moves about or stays in one place learning of the suiters and plots for vengeance against them.
2.Odysseus begs food from the suitors.
3.Odysseus is recognized by Argos, a broken-down old dog that he had raised as a pup and he recognizes him by Odysseus voice.
4.The suitor Antinous was the one who really made Odysseus mad, because he was mouthing off about every little thing and not feeding him.
5. He tested them because he wanted to see if are on suiters side or still loyal to him.
katya[: said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:58 pm
You have really short sentences Julian. Just pointing out (:
Danno said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:59 pm
1. Theoclymenus prophecies to Penelope that Odysseus is already in his own land and that he is plotting vengeance on the suitors.
2. Odysseus tests the suitors by going to the house and begs for food from the suitors and sees if they give him any.
3. Argos (the dog) recognizes Odysseus because Odysseus had raised it from a puppy after seeing his master the dog dies.
4. Antinious berates and yells at Odysseus and that makes him very angry.
5. Odysseus tests his wife Penelope and his servants because he wanted to see if they are still loyal to him because after he kills all the suitors he wanted to see if he needs to kill the servants to.
Fetina said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:59 pm
1) Theoclymenus says that Odysseus is already on his dear land, learning the suitors base misdeeds, he’s going to use revenge.
2) Odysseus tests the suitors by begging for some food.
3) The dog, Argos, recognized Odysseus first. He recognized him by his voice. As he spoke the dog lay there and raised his head, pricked up his ears and started wagging his tail. Wanted to get up and walk up to him, but there was no use. The dog has seen him alive one last time and then the dog dies.
4) Odysseus got really mad because of what he saw what was happening in his house with all the suitors, and Antinous threw a chair at Odysseus and hit him in the back and hit his right shoulder blade.
5) He wanted to test the suitors to see if they were all still loyal and who to kill.
Steve-o said,
December 7, 2011 @ 8:59 pm
1.Theoclymenus told Penelope “Odysseus is already in his own dear land, Odysseus either moves about or stays in one place and plotting his vengeance on the suitors.
2.Odysseus tests the suitors by coming to their table and begging for food.
3.The dog, Argos, notices Odysseus right away. The dog noticed him because Odysseus as a puppy.
4.Antinous makes Odysseus extremely mad because he does not respect beggars and yells and hits with astool at Odysseus when he was in disguise.
5.Odysseus tests his servants because he was checking if they were still loyal to him and the suitors.
Kosta said,
December 7, 2011 @ 9:00 pm
1. Theolymenos tells Penelope that Odysseus is here in Ithica and that he has a plan to kill all of the suitors.
2. He tests the suitors like the other gods test the people. He was walking around and asking the suitors for food, some give hime food but some dont.
3. Argos a broken down dog that Odysseus raised as a pup, Arogs recognises Odysseus by his voice.
4. Melanthius is the guy that makes Odysseus an old begger extremly angry, because he was kicking him and making fun of him.
5. He wants to test his servants and his wife Penelope if they are still loyal to him before he reveals his Identity.
elesey said,
December 7, 2011 @ 9:00 pm
1) Theoclymenous tells Penelope that Odysseus is already in Ithaca, plotting revenge on the suitors.
2) Odysseus tests the suitors by walking around as a beggar asking for food. Some men gave, others didn’t, but Odysseus knew he would kill them all.
3) Odysseus’ dog, Argos is the first to recognize Odysseus, even in his beggar disguise. The dog recognized Odysseus when he heard his master’s voice, and after that, he died.
4)Melanthius is a mean goatherd who kicks the beggar Odysseus on the hip, and spat on Odysseus’ name and wants the suitors to kill Telemachus.
5) Antinous really pisses Odysseus off when he hits him with a stool, so Odysseus divises an extremely awful death for Antinous.
6) Odysseus wants to test his wife and servants because he wants to see if they’re still loyal to him. He might also need thier help when he takes his revenge on the suitors.
mike said,
December 7, 2011 @ 9:03 pm
1. Theoclymenus tells Penelope that the great Odysseus is already on his great land. He also says that Odysseus is plotting vengeance against the suitors.
2. Odysseus begs food from the suitors but they don’t give him anything but so much as a tiny bit of crust and throws a stool at him hitting his back.
3. Odysseus was recognized by his dog right away. The dog recognized Odysseus by his scent and voice.
4. Antinous makes Odysseus very angry.
5. He wants to test his slaves and his wife because he wants to see if there still loyal to him.
mike said,
December 7, 2011 @ 9:04 pm
nice answer about the dog