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Summary:  (Dani)
-getting ready to go to sleep -see's the Suitor's original wives and debates on to kill them or let them spend one more night with their husbands -he can't get to sleep -Athene shows up as a lady -he tells her his problems -she says to go to sleep and wait til the morning then she goes back home -then Penelope wakes up and goes and prays -she prays to Artemis -asks for him to like kill her -she is upset that he isn't home -then Odysseus prays for to Zeus for a good omen -the good omen was a lady praying -she prayed about having the last day of the suitors be today -once Odysseus saw and heard this he became a happy man -then Telemachus wakes up looking all god like -he goes to the maid and asks how the beggar was treated -she says that they offered food and he wasn’t hungry -they offered a bed but he said that he wanted to sleep like outside -then Telemachus went off -the maid then started to be all snotty to the other maids -swineherd is chatting with Odysseus and people start walking by -the goatherd came over to him and said that he wants to have show down with the beggar aka Odysseus -then a third herder comes over, herder of the cows -he asks who is that dude ans comes over and talks to him about life -then Odysseus says he is a trust worthy guy and tells him Odysseus will be back and kill the suitors -as this is going on, the suitors are planning to kill Telemachus -they said they cant because of a omen that flew over them -then the feast begins and Telemachus acts all manly -at the feast this dude is not nice and gets mad and throws a cows hoof at Odysseus -then Telemachus stands up and yells at the suitors that there can not be anymore bad behavior in the house any more! -get into a little fight -people are saying that Telemachus is hold the wedding when he want his mother to get remarried -they started to laugh -then their food was covered in blood, eyes filled with tears, and soul fool of greif -Theoclymenus says that all of this is a omen -and then they just continue to laugh

 Homeric Simile 266 (Odysseus) Justice 266 (Odysseus) Loyalty 267 (Penelope) Deception (Odysseus is still in disguise) Growth and development of Telemachus 269 (Telemachus) Hospitality 269 (Telemachus speaking) Homeric Hero 271 (To cowherd)


Ithaca - Odysseus and Co. are still there... The Cyclops Cave - he say he endured there as his comrades were eaten; he can hold back while his maids go to the suitors arms. The Place Where the Stream of the Ocean Circles Back On Itself - This is one of the places Penelope asks Artemis to bring her. Olympus - The place of the gods Cephallian Country - where the cowherd is in charge of the cows Hades - where Odysseus might be, where Theoclymenus sees the suitors soon through an omen Same - the place where Ctesippus is from

Study Guide Questions:
Who appears to Odysseus when he can’t sleep? (Shelby) Athene What are the two problems Odysseus asks her about? (Shelby) How is he going to get the suitors while being alone, and where is he going to escape. Who does Penelope pray to when she wakes up? Why? (Shelby) Artemis Why is Penelope so upset? (Shelby) She has to marry someone other than Odysseus What omen does the woman in the mill pray about? (Madison)
 * That it will be the suitors last meal in the palace of Odysseus**

What does Odysseus tell the cowherd? <span style="color: rgb(29, 24, 247);">(Madison)
 * The beggar tells the cowherd that Odysseus will be back before he leaves, and that he can watch Odysseus kill the suitors with his own eyes.**

Why do the suitors think that their plot to kill Telemachus won’t succeed? <span style="color: rgb(29, 24, 247);">(Madison)
 * An omen came: an eagle with a trembling dove on its talons flew over the left. Left=bad. They decided it was best not to kill Telemachus because according to the omen they wouldn’t succeed**

What does Ctesippus throw at Odysseus? <span style="color: rgb(29, 24, 247);">(Madison)
 * the hoof of a cow**

What omen does Theoclymenus see at the table? <span style="color: rgb(29, 24, 247);">(Madison)


 * Blood appears on everything in Theoclymenus's vision, ghost are traveling to the underworld.**


 * All of the suitors will experience catastrophe in the good house of Odysseus, and none of their reckless plots and brutal acts will help them. They will not survive it, and it cannot be shunned.**