http://www.santharia.com/weapons/bow.htm ; here is a link that describes a bit of what the bow is like and how it is used with terms and things. I think its interesting how complex in the making it was for something of that time period.
(In this particular picture, you can see Odysseus really stepping up to the plate and protecting his family. You can see Telemachus really hiding in the other room, while his father fights the suitors. )
During this particular section of the novel, Telemachus and Odysseus's relationship really starts to progress and work together. Interestingly enough, they do not do more than work together with their arms, but you can definitely see the bonding throughout this section. The symbol of hiding is shown again in this section, because Odysseus's doesn't want his being home to get back to Penelope. The whole time they are back together at home, they are trying o figure out how to kill the suitors. Ironically throughout this, the suitors are trying to figure out how to kill Telemachus. Penelope does have a breakdown where she is so distraught of her husband not being home, that Zeus needs to get involved. He sends down a huge clap of thunder to try and restore any peace that can be made back to them.
After Odysseus and Telemachus talk for awhile about the "suitors" and how they plan to kill them, Telemachus decides to head home to Penelope. Upon returning home, she is so thrilled that he comes home, that she starts to cry. As they are feasting together (Something that they love to do in this story, symbolic of strong family ties), Telemachus tells his mother a small portion of him hearing about Odysseus. While he is talking, he does not mention the fact that he has seen him in the hut at Eumaeus's. While this is going on, Eumaeus and Odysseus head to the palace. When they arrive back home, Odysseus is incognito as a begger and tries to sneak to Penelope's room so that the Suitors do not see him. All the while, fighting breaks out among Odysseus and some other begger, but Athena gives him more strength so that he is able to fight back. Then Penelope comes out and claims that she was told that she could have another husband if Odysseus had not returned before Telemachus became more of a man and matured physically. The suitors try to win over Penelope by giving her presents.
"...they brought a long embroidered robe of the most beautiful material on which were fixed a dozen golden brooches, each fitted with a curved sheath for the pin.." (Page 283)
It was interesting how detailed Homer went into the items that they brought. I think it shows the wealthiness of Penelope and how Odysseus and her, really should have been equated with royalty.
http://www.search.com/reference/Telemachus ; here is a link to a reference site that talks a little bit about Telemachus and what his name means. I think it is interesting that in Greek his name means "far away fighter", yet he is always the peacemaker in the story and does not really fight a lot.
After fleeing the scene, Odysseus sails away on his ship and returns back to Circe, the witch. He asks her many questions and she insists that she knows what is going to happen to him. She knows all of the obstacles that he is going to face along his journey.
“When your crew have carried you past this danger, you will have reached a point beyond which I cannot fully guide you. Two ways will lie before you, and you must choose between them as you see fit, though I will tell you both. “(Page, 190)
This particular passage demonstrates her knowledge about the journey that he faces in the future. After Odysseus leaves Circe, he meets Scylla, the horrible sea monster.
“She has twelve feet, all dangling in the air, and six long necks, each ending in a grisly head with triple row of teeth” (Page 191).
As he describes her, he claims that no one can really get by her on the ship. After she only eats a few of the men, he gets away, but barely. Then he heads to the island of the sun, where he tries to avoid it as much as he can. After he ends his story, he looks forward to leaving Scheria and heading home. After the land changing a lot, he doesn’t know right from wrong, so he goes out and asks a shepherd, (Athena) where he is. She tells him that he is in Ithaca.
Odysseus continues on his story about how he is on is ship and a witch type thing, lures all of his men but one in bu her beauty and they never returned. The one man that is left, approaches him and asks him not to go after the crew, because it is going to cost his life, but he says its his duty and leaves the man behind. He then finds that all of his friends are turned into pigs which really bothers him, and the witch is impressed by him because the poison doesn't affect him. Circe and him eventually become "lovers" so to speak, and she eventually lets them all go. He then travels to the sea of the dead where he starts to see a lot of people that have passed away including the one crewman who committed suicide. After he continues on his story, he goes to try and stop and the men tell him to keep going that his story is really interesting and they start questioning him.
For the picture, ignore the watermark in the middle of the picture, that has no significance, it was the only picture that really demonstrated how beautiful she was, and how the pigs (the crewman) were so entranced by Circe the witch.
After they feasted for awhile, Odysseus started to get challenged by the other members in the hall, they wanted him to join in the activities. But Odysseus only really yearning to go home, decided that he didn't really want any part in this. They then start calling him fowl names and making ugly speeches towards him, and he gets angry so he picks up the ring and tosses it further than any one of the athletes had tossed it earlier. This chapter really starts to show Odysseus's true emotions and really how he has changed throughout the journey. The picture I chose to include was in reference to the story's deeper meaning that Odysseus tells everyone of, and how the main part was all about greed and how it really can take over someone's grasp on reality and how it is an ugly thing. He also talks about the great dangers he faced on his trip, including the great lands of the Cyclopes.
"For a kind of radiance, like that of the sun or moon, lit up the high-roofed halls of the great king. Walls of bronze, topped with blue enamel tiles, ran round to left and right from the threshold to the back of the court." (Page 114)
When he approached this area, he had forgotten everything that Athena told him about the King and Queen and just walked right into the palace. When he arrived, he laid down at the Queens feet and wept. Then after the feast, Alcinous has a private conversation with Odysseus where he interrogates him as to why he came. He was so impressed by the answers that he was happy to give him his daughter. There is another feast and Odysseus is given a boat to take back to his home. One of the common themes it seems like is feasting and celebrating. The people in the story are generally really happy and they feast for almost anything.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SDG/is_2_73/ai_n13493393/ This article shows how I was not the only one that thought feasting was a common activity in the book.
I chose the picture of the guardian angel because Penelope, Telemachus's mother hears that the suitors have plans to ambush and kill Telemachus for leaving and not telling anyone. She is so devastated at the thought of losing her son, but she hears not to worry about her son anymore because he now has the protection of a goddess. (The Angel represents the goddess because I could not find a picture of a goddess.) As the story continues, eventually Odysseus decides to leave on a boat, but Poseidon, angered by the fact that he is able now to head home, sends a terrible storm to wash over the boat that he is traveling on. While holding on for dear life, he finds that another goddess is protecting him. The symbolism behind the goddesses would have to be protection. They worry about the men and follow closely to protect them from the evils of the land which as Odysseus and Telemachus have had to face a lot. Another repeating symbol is deception. Someone may seem one way in the beginning of something and by the end of that new "book" (Chapter) they turn around having very different alternative motives.
Telemachus travels onward to find out any information about the disappearance about his father. He asks this fellow named Nestor if he has any information on his father, but nothing has yet turned up for him. They then continue to feast and talk about different things that have to do with his father. This reminds me of "Into the Wild" because as Jon Krakauer was trying to find information on Chris McCandless, he went on his own personal journey to try and discover where Chris had been. Likewise, Telemachus is doing the same for trying to relocate his family.
"Feasting while discussing Odysseus"