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Odyssey 21-24. Odysseus & Penelope together at last!. Book XXI – Contest of the Bow. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Odyssey 21-24
Odysseus & Penelope
together at last!
Book XXI – Contest of the Bow
“Now the bright-eyed goddess Athene put it into the mind of Icarios’ daughter, the prudent Penelope, to set the bow before the suitors and the gray iron in Odysseus’ halls as a contest and a start for slaughter.”
• Odysseus reveals himself to Eumaeus and Philoitios, who know him by the scar
• He lays a plan to trap the suitors
Odysseus drawing the bow
Book XXII - Execution
12 Unfaithful Maids
Their Punishment
Book XXIII – Reunion of Odysseus and Penelope
Cartoon by Daumier
Book XXIV - Finalizing•Suitors’ souls are conducted to the underworld.•They are greeted by Agamemnon.•Odysseus goes to find his father.•Peace is made with families of the suitors
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