1. Initial: The initial situation is when Odysseus finds the swineherd. (Page171: "he entered upon a stony path which led from the harbour, through the woods and over the hilltops. Athena had shown him this way to find the honest swineherd, who cared most for his master's wealth out of all the servants of Odysseus. He found the man sitting under the porch in front of his enclosure")