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Antinous, son of Eupheithes, is the first of the suitors to speak in the epic and the first to die upon Odysseus' return. [5] [6] Antinous is the most disrespectful of the suitors and is the one who devises a plan to murder Telemachus upon his return to Ithaca. [7] Although his plan is vetoed by Amphinomus, Antinous continues to behave arrogantly.
Ithaca (/ ˈ ɪ θ ə k ə /; Greek: Ιθάκη, Ithakē) was, in Greek mythology, the island home of the hero Odysseus. The specific location of the island, as it was described in Homer 's Odyssey , is a matter for debate.
Bloom's day bears many elaborate parallels to Odysseus' ten years of wandering. Return to Ithaca (1946) by Eyvind Johnson is a more realistic retelling of the events that adds a deeper psychological study of the characters of Odysseus, Penelope, and Telemachus. Thematically, it uses Odysseus' backstory and struggle as a metaphor for dealing ...
After travels and adventures coming home from the Trojan War, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) finds drama when he returns home to Ithaca in "The Return." "The Return” (in theaters now) might not be ...
A mosaic depicting Odysseus, from the villa of La Olmeda, Pedrosa de la Vega, Spain, late 4th–5th centuries AD. The Odyssey begins after the end of the ten-year Trojan War (the subject of the Iliad), from which Odysseus (also known by the Latin variant Ulysses), king of Ithaca, has still not returned because he angered Poseidon, the god of the sea.
“The Return” proves to be an acting showcase, especially for stars Ralph Fiennes, who plays Odysseus, and Juliette Binoche as his wife, Queen Penelope, the pair reuniting on screen 32 years ...
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.
Odysseus had to drag crew members back to the ship. Odysseus and Polyphemus (1896) by Arnold Böcklin: Odysseus and his crew escape the Cyclops Polyphemus. The rest then set sail and landed at the land of Polyphemus, son of Poseidon. After a few were killed by him Odysseus blinded him and managed to escape, but earned Poseidon's wrath.