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When Penelope challenges the suitors to string Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through the handle-holes of twelve axe heads, Telemachus is the first to attempt the task. He would have completed the task, nearly stringing the bow on his fourth attempt; however, Odysseus subtly stops him before he can finish his attempt.
Penelope finally accepts that he truly is Odysseus, a moment that highlights their homophrosýnē (ὁμοφροσύνη, "like-mindedness"). [16] Homer implies that from then on Odysseus would live a long and happy life together with Penelope and Telemachus, wisely ruling his kingdom, and enjoying wide respect and much success. [17]
Killed by Telemachus. Later recounts his death to Agamemnon and Achilles while in the underworld and blames Penelope for it. [6] Amphinomus. Shows courtesy towards the disguised Odysseus, who warns him against staying; [7] the warning goes unheeded, though, and he is killed along with the other suitors, though by Telemachus and not Odysseus.
Illustration from Gustav Schwab of Odysseus killing the suitors Ulysses' revenge on Penelope's suitors (Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1814). In the Epic Cycle, Antinous (also Antinoüs; Latin: Antinous) or Antinoös (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίνοος, romanized: Antínoös), was the Ithacan son of Eupeithes, best known for his role in Homer's Odyssey.
Telemachus is tempted to flee, but helps his father fight. Antinous surrenders, and Penelope, desirous of peace and tired of male violence, bids Telemachus let him live, but he kills him, horrifying his mother. Telemachus insists on sailing away to find himself and his destiny.
Homer's epic poem in 24 books follows the King of Ithaca around the Mediterranean as he attempts to return home to his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, after a 10-year campaign in Troy.
Penelope's story is an attempt at narrative justice to retribute Helen for her erroneously idealised image in the Odyssey as the archetypal female. [10] [13] Penelope acts like a judicial arbiter, a position she held in Ithaca as the head of state and, during Odysseus' absence, as head of the household. The ancient form of justice and ...
Although he arranges for the death of Odysseus’ son, Telemachus, his plan fails and he is later killed by Odysseus. He claims in his childhood Odysseus befriended him often, and tells Penelope that makes Telemachus 'my dearest friend on Earth' and he will protect him, though 'death for Telemachus was in his heart'. [1]