BOOK 22
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- The great Battle in the hall BOOK 22
- Odysseus starts by firing an arrow Antinous right through his neck
- shows he's highly skilled
- the suitors are shocked
- they say he's made a huge mistake and will die
- they say that he's killed the greatest noble man in Ithaca
- ironic
- They think that this was a mistake and that the old beggar Is not skilled enough to have done this on purpose
- the Old beggar reveals him self as Odysseus
- Eurymachus says that as he is Odysseus killing Antious was justified
- there is no need to kill anyone else because Antinous was the one responsible
- Odysseus says he wont spare Eurymachus' life even if he hands him everything that he owns
- Eurymachus tells the suitors to draw their swards and advance on him together
- Odysseus fires an arrow at Eurymachus and he dies
- Eurymachus tells the suitors to draw their swards and advance on him together
- Odysseus says he wont spare Eurymachus' life even if he hands him everything that he owns
- Amphinomus tried to attack Odysseus but Telemachus saves him by killing him from behind
- Telemachus then goes to go get shields, spears and helmets for them both
- Odysseus shots them one by one with his arrows until he runs out and then he uses a spear
- Melanthius follows Telemachus to see where they're hiding the weapons
- he found the store rooms and helped himself as it was open
- he then arms the suitors
- Odysseus sees this
- Odysseus stays to fight while the two servants catch Melanthius and tie him to a pillar
- Athene disguises herself as mentor
- Odysseus asks him to join and fight with them
- the suitors are overly confident and say that if he fights with Odysseus then he will be killed
- they tempt fate
- they will also kick his sons out of his house and his wife and daughters wont be able to show their face in Ithaca
- Athene asks him where his sprit has gone
- she says he showed more courage fighting in Troy for Helen than in his own home
- she gives him strength and courage
- This suitors throw their spears at Odysseus but Athene makes sure they miss
- Odysseus and his men take their aim and each kills a suitor
- the suitors retreat to the far corner
- once again they take their aim and Athene makes sure they don't kill Odysseus and his men but one hits Telemachus on hid wrist
- the suitors were terrified and scattered like a herd of cattle
- Leodes appears as a supplicant
- he says that he has never done anything disrespectful to Odysseus and even tried to stop the suitors
- Odysseus doesn't take pity and kills him
- the minstrel Phemius then appears as a supplicant
- he says that he was forced by the suitors to come
- Telemachus says that its true that hes innocent and that he even looks after him when Telemachus was a boy
- he also asks that he spares Medon the herald
- Telemachus says that its true that hes innocent and that he even looks after him when Telemachus was a boy
- he says that he was forced by the suitors to come
- there are no remaining suitors
- he sends for Eurycleia to bring in the dis-loyal maids
- there are 12 maids who have snapped their fingers at Penelope and who have slept with suitors
- he gets these maids to carry out the dead and to clean the great hall
- he then hung these women with a noose
- he says he will not give a decent death to those who've slept with a suitor
- he gets these maids to carry out the dead and to clean the great hall
- there are 12 maids who have snapped their fingers at Penelope and who have slept with suitors
- he then unties Melanthithus
- he slices of his nose, ears and gentiles and feeds them to this dogs
- Melanthius is the disloyal goat herd
- the battle contains many instances of Aristeia
- heroic deeds against powerful enemies
- Odysseus starts by firing an arrow Antinous right through his neck
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