She doesnt believe her own two eyes, she just thinks her mind is playing tricks on her because he's been gone for so long. she thinks the gods are playing tricks on her and doesnt want to believe it but finally she does and they start to talk again about his trip and what has all happened to him and what he still has to do to fill the prophecy.

Pretty much what happened was all hell broke loose in the hall. Odysseus shot an arrow at a person then revealed himself. people tried to calm him down but then him and his allies attacked. athena came and helped after a while just so she could see what kind of man he really is. i believe they had all the right to do what they did, the suitors had been nothing but trouble for that whole family and now it was all over and things can go back to the way they were before he ever left.

Penelope has finally lost all hope really. She just wants to get married and carry on with her life, and doesnt care if odysseus is alive or not. Odysseus' helpers stay loyal to him since he was such a good leader but the suitors have absolutely no respect for him, all they want is his wife, fame, and his fortune. i believe odysseus will reveal himself and take his home back from the suitors.

I believe he keeps his secret yet again because he is still not ready to reveal himself. Also the nurse finds out that it is actually odysseus and he tells her to keep it a secret. She is also the one that took care of odysseus and penelope when he was home. penelope plans to marry someone regardless of what happens as long as they can shoot an arrow through twelve axes.

he's a good guy and opens his home to odysseus knowing that hes a total stranger. We also learn that odysseus was eummeaus' master which he fears is lost for good. I believe Odysseus told his tale because he doesnt want to let just one person know he's back he wants his whole land to know at once. Eummeaus treats odysseus extremely well because he is telling him stories about odysseus and he gives him hope that he is still out there

i believe he is a good leader but usually his men dont look out after themselves. one man can only do so much. He knows what needs to be done and he does them, without odysseus his men never would have made it this far. odysseus' flaw in book nine is when he shouts his name out to the cyclops.Even though he is being helped by the gods doesnt mean all of them approve of this like zeus and poisedon and this is shown by the stolen ram to zeus and poisedons storms

The suitors just want Penelope because that means they get the fame and fortune that goes with it, not to mention she looks like a goddess. Penelope really doesnt play that big of a role the most you hear of her is her grieving in her room and what not. Also it seems like she leads on the suitors and makes them think there is hope for them. Telemechus finally decides that he will leave on the path that athena has set for him. He finally grows up and realizes what needs to be done. At the end of the chapter zeus sends down to eagles to warn the suitors of what will happen to them.

odysseus and calypso have a one sided relationship. Calypso wants him to stay with her and she offers him immortality but all Odysseus wants is to go home to his family. Finally the gods intervene with Calypso and talk her in to letting him go. she helps him build a raft and gather food and he finally sets sail. meanwhile poisedon sees him sailing and learns that the gods have set him free against poisedons will. He puts odysseus through a storm that destroys his raft and leaves him to swim to a river mouth.

Telemechus has had a troubled beginning in life. His mother has always been courted by suitors while his father is away, a father he has never known, and everyone believes his father is dead except him. Him and his mothers relationship has probably more distant than anything since she is constantly grieving and he is dealing with suitors. The suitors traveled to his home land in hope of taking his mothers hand in marriage.

King Oedipus
King Oedipus was born of thebes. his mother and father sent him away after a prophet of apollo told them that he would kill his father and marry his mother. they sent him to be killed but the servants couldn't kill him so they gave him away to another shepherd which brought him to corinth. he left this country once he found out about his terrible message from the oracle. he wound up in thebes and had to answer the riddle of a sphinx to save the country which he did successfully. he then became the king of thebes and married his mother which he did not know then. A plague wipes over the country and Oedipus finds out that he is the reason for the plague. He then finds out that he has killed his father and married his mother. When his wife realizes what he's done she hangs herself and Oedipus cuts out his eyes and is sent to the mountain where he was first abandoned to.

theban plays intro
the intro mostly talks about the language used in the book and different ways opinions are expressed in a play. It talks about things like the chorus and how these styles that were used in the play started and who started them. It also shows the time periods and different things about each of the books.