Guest Blogger Télémakhos
Athena came to me as I lay awake pondering what I had heard about my father. She instructed me to sail swiftly back to Ithika under cover of night. I also learned that those stupid suitors are trying to kill me! (I guess I would kill them if I could, but that would be justified because they started it!) At Dawn the next morning, I went to the king and thanked him graciously for his hospitality, but told him regretfully that I must now return home. They sent me off with a goblet, silver wine bowl, and a fine robe for my future wife. As we were about to depart, a great eagle flew off holding a goose in its talons. Helen thought this to mean my father would soon return to deal out justice to the suitors. I certainly hoped she was correct and that was the second time that day I had been told my father’s homecoming was approaching. Now that it seems so close, I’m not really sure what to feel about it. We made it to Nestor’s house, or would have had I not decided to ship off immediately upon arriving. (I didn’t want to be “forced” into staying a long time, I had to get home.) Before departing, I met a man by the name of Theoklýmenos. He asked for passage on our ship and I agreed with generosity in my heart. We had a fair wind all the way home and when we landed, I asked one of my most trustworthy men to care for our guest. We saw another sign that prophesized my father’s return: a dove being ripped apart by a hawk. I then went to seek shelter with Eumaios, the swineherd.
Odysseus
Okay, first of all, how on earth would Helen just be able to tell what that eagle/goose thing meant? I really wonder if she just made that up unconsciously, there’s no way she could know that I’m coming home to give those suitors what they deserve. I think people often believe just what they want to, much more than they should. Maybe she felt bad for Télémakhos because his father was missing so, whether meaning to or not, made that up to make him happy. I think this is extremely possi
ble because people sometimes focus solely on what they expect or want to happen so will interpret vague happenings any way that suits them. Eumaios and my “new self” have become pretty close in the past few days. He is a very good man, and would probably care for anyone. I said I would go into the town to beg in the street as I did not want to burden him. He was insulted that I would even think such a thing and insisted that I must stay. We told stories of our hardships and when I asked, he told me how he came to Ithika. He was kidnapped more or less by his caregiver when she decided to leave with a random crew. When she died, he was quite frightened but luckily, he was sold to my father, who was always kind to him.
Athena came to me as I lay awake pondering what I had heard about my father. She instructed me to sail swiftly back to Ithika under cover of night. I also learned that those stupid suitors are trying to kill me! (I guess I would kill them if I could, but that would be justified because they started it!) At Dawn the next morning, I went to the king and thanked him graciously for his hospitality, but told him regretfully that I must now return home. They sent me off with a goblet, silver wine bowl, and a fine robe for my future wife. As we were about to depart, a great eagle flew off holding a goose in its talons. Helen thought this to mean my father would soon return to deal out justice to the suitors. I certainly hoped she was correct and that was the second time that day I had been told my father’s homecoming was approaching. Now that it seems so close, I’m not really sure what to feel about it. We made it to Nestor’s house, or would have had I not decided to ship off immediately upon arriving. (I didn’t want to be “forced” into staying a long time, I had to get home.) Before departing, I met a man by the name of Theoklýmenos. He asked for passage on our ship and I agreed with generosity in my heart. We had a fair wind all the way home and when we landed, I asked one of my most trustworthy men to care for our guest. We saw another sign that prophesized my father’s return: a dove being ripped apart by a hawk. I then went to seek shelter with Eumaios, the swineherd.
Odysseus
Okay, first of all, how on earth would Helen just be able to tell what that eagle/goose thing meant? I really wonder if she just made that up unconsciously, there’s no way she could know that I’m coming home to give those suitors what they deserve. I think people often believe just what they want to, much more than they should. Maybe she felt bad for Télémakhos because his father was missing so, whether meaning to or not, made that up to make him happy. I think this is extremely possi
ble because people sometimes focus solely on what they expect or want to happen so will interpret vague happenings any way that suits them. Eumaios and my “new self” have become pretty close in the past few days. He is a very good man, and would probably care for anyone. I said I would go into the town to beg in the street as I did not want to burden him. He was insulted that I would even think such a thing and insisted that I must stay. We told stories of our hardships and when I asked, he told me how he came to Ithika. He was kidnapped more or less by his caregiver when she decided to leave with a random crew. When she died, he was quite frightened but luckily, he was sold to my father, who was always kind to him.
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