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  2. Argos (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Twenty years later, Odysseus returns to Ithaca and finds him lying in piles of manure, immobile from age and neglect, and infested with parasites. When Argos sees Odysseus, he immediately drops his ears and wags his tail. Disguised as a beggar, Odysseus cannot greet his dog without revealing his identity, but secretly weeps.

  3. Telemachy - Wikipedia

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    The Odyssey is a nostos that recalls the story of Odysseus' journey home to Ithaca, finally completed twenty years after the Trojan War began. Odysseus, however, does not directly appear in the narrative until Book 5. Instead, the Telemachy ' s subject is the effect of Odysseus' absence on his family, Telemachus in particular.

  4. Odyssey - Wikipedia

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    The Odyssey (/ ˈ ɒ d ɪ s i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia) [2] [3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. Like the Iliad, the Odyssey is divided into 24 books.

  5. Telemachus - Wikipedia

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    Slaughter of the suitors by Odysseus and Telemachus, Campanian red-figure bell-krater, ca. 330 BC, Louvre (CA 7124) In Homer's Odyssey, Telemachus, under the instructions of Athena (who accompanies him during the quest), spends the first four books trying to gain knowledge of his father, Odysseus, who left for Troy when Telemachus was still an infant.

  6. Suitors of Penelope - Wikipedia

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    Eurymachus, son of Polybus, is the second of the suitors to appear in the epic.Eurymachus acts as a leader among the suitors because of his charisma. He is noted to be the most likely to win Penelope's hand because her father and brothers support the union and because he outdoes the other suitors in gift-giving. [9]

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  9. Katabasis - Wikipedia

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    Odysseus consults the soul of the prophet Tiresias in his katabasis during Book 11 of The Odyssey. A katabasis or catabasis ( Ancient Greek : κατάβασις , romanized : katábasis , lit. 'descent'; from κατὰ ( katà ) 'down' and βαίνω ( baínō ) 'go') is a journey to the underworld .