ARRIVE TO ITHACA
Where is Homer’s Ithaca? Ithaca is the homeland of Odysseus, whose homecoming is the central theme of the Odyssey. Homeric Ithaca is normally identified with the island of the same name today, some modern authors have raised doubts about of it.
Different theories Song 2 of Iliade "Ithaca and its leafy Neritus and administered Crocilea and the rugged Aegyllipa, to those who possessed Zante and administered Same and its environs, and to those who possessed the mainland and ruled the coast opposite. Of these was chief Odysseus, equal to Zeus in wit. Twelve ships, with red bows, followed him." Defended since 2005 by the British Robert Bittlestone, it places the homeland of Odysseus on the peninsula of Paliki, According to this theory, this peninsula, which largely resembles the descriptions of Homer, would have constituted an island in ancient times as the island of Cephalonia, of which it is part, was divided by a sea channel that would have been closed over time. According to this hypothesis, the current Ithaca could have corresponded in reality to the Homeric island of Duliquio.
The bow contest She promises the suitors that she will marry the one who manages to make the arrow pass through the eyes of twelve aligned axes. Suitors try but can't even draw the bow. Odysseus asks to participate in the test, but the suitors refuse him though Telemaco insists a lot.
THE KILLING OF THE SUITORS Ulysses, after the bow contest kills Antinoo, the leader of the suitors. After that, Eurímaco, tries to negotiate with Ulysses, but this one didn´t want anything that the death of all the suitors that stayed in his house, they forced his servants and tried to wooed his wife. After all of that, was started a battle by Ulysses and Telemaco against the suitors.
PENELOPE EVENTUALLY RECOGNISES HER HUSBAND
After killing all the suitors, Euriclea,one of the nurse, tell Penelope that his husband has returned and had killed all the suitors, but Penelope didn’t believe what she said, Ulysses said to Penelope that she can asked him to prove if he is Ulysses. Ulysses prove it by saying how was the private bedroom and how was their bed. After that Penelope started to cry because now recognized his husband. Ulysses told his adventures to Penelope, the day after their reunion, but the people of Ithaca didn’t know that Ulysses was in the island.
The pact Hermes takes the suitors to Hades where they meet the ghosts of Achilles and Agamemnon, Meanwhile, Odysseus arrives at the abode of Laertes and finds his frail, elderly father tending his vineyard. He comes up with a false identity and introduces himself, noting that he last saw Odysseus five years earlier. But Laertes' grief forces him to reveal himself, proving his identity through his scar and his knowledge of the vineyard's trees, as rumours of the suitors' defeat spread through the town. The townspeople take the bodies away and bury them, then reunite. Half, led by Eupites, father of Antinous, want revenge for the death of their sons, while the other half realise that there was a god on Odysseus' side, and argue that their sons deserved the fate they met. Eupites incites the first group to take revenge and they head for Laertes' mansion, but Athena, disguised as Mentor, incites Laertes to attack Eupites with his spear. Odysseus and his companions begin to kill the others, but Athena stops them and declares a truce between the warring parties.
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By Samuel Royo, Santiago Eman Nandeme, Gabriele Genovese, Giulia Giuffrida