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Analysis. Telemachus rises at dawn and gathers all the Achaeans to the meeting grounds. Athena makes him look particularly god-like and striking. Telemachus describes to the crowd the disgrace of his household - the suitors that dishonor his mother and consume the house's resources.
The Odyssey, Book 24, lines 1-4. The opening lines of Book 24 describe how the ghosts of the slaughtered suitors are led into Hades by the god Hermes. Hermes was called Cyllenian, because according to some myths he was born at the Mount Cyllene, and nursed by the Oread nymph Cyllene.
11 sty 2022 · In The Odyssey, Hermes impacts the play by guiding the traveler Odysseus to retrieve his men safely. He helps the young explorer both on Circe’s island and in the nymph Calypso’s mainland. Hermes witnesses the misfortune Odysseus goes through for angering the gods. Gods in The Odyssey.
Zeus instructs Athena to bring Telemachus home unharmed, and tells the messenger god Hermes to tell Calypso to release Odysseus from captivity.
Book 2 finds Telemachus confronted with a growing fear that he is not as courageous and smart as his father, Odysseus. However, he comes from not one but two clever parents—Penelope's shroud-weaving trick shows that she is every bit as shrewd as her husband.
3 mar 1997 · Hermes. Hermes, a son of Zeus and Maia, the daughter of Atlas, was born in a cave of Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, 1 whence he is called Atlantiades or Cyllenius; but Philostratus 2 places his birth in Olympus.
Analysis. Homer effectively uses the content and style of the speeches at the assembly to reveal the types and natures of the characters in the action. Bolstered by Athena, Telemachus takes the speaker's staff and demonstrates that he is quickly becoming a man capable of speaking up to the suitors.
