Book 17
Telemachos plans to reveal himself to Penelope Relate experience in Pylos and Sparta Sends Odysseus to the palace to beg Eumaois obeys despite reservations
Telemachos and Theoklymenos welcomed Bathed and fed Advises Penelope to dress and sacrifice for forgiveness Little knowledge from Nestor and Menelaos Old man in the sea: Destruction at the hands of the gods Detainment by Calypso Fugitive relates birds’ omen- Odysseus is alive and in Ithica
Welcome Telemachos while devising death Peiraois to store goods- in the event of death
Harsh treatment Wretched company The kick Odysseus’s resilience
Melanthios warns he will be attacked by the hands of heroes Hopes for Telemachos’ death Gloats over lost homecoming
Aroma of food and sounds of music Argos, recognition and death The begging begins
Denies alms Argues there is not enough food to support beggars Accuses Telemachas of insolence
Odysseus once lived in a Palace Met misfortunes in the gods’ hands Disaster in Egypt Antinoos warns Ithica = Egypt If the beggar keeps ruining the feast with his begging! Antinoos throws the stool
Suitors fear Reprimand Antinoos The curse- death before marriage
Enraged by the ill treatment towards a guest Requests a visit The beggar refuses until sundown.