Odyssey Book 1 + 2 Notes
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Notes 8/25/10 8:57 AM Muse is Calliope of Epic Poetry Invocation is the act of calling upon a spirit or deity for help Act of humility by asking the Muse Odysseus? men plundered Troy of its dignity and its women Death of shipmates, they killed and ate the Sun?s cattle, who killed them Men bring about their own doom, gods warned Aegisthus not to kill Agamemnon, but he still did, so Orestes killed him Athena feels that Odysseus has suffered enough, been away from family for 20 years, trapped on Calypso?s island Athena plans to put some courage and hope in Telemachus that his father is alive and he can fight the suitors Also she sends Hermes to Calypso to make her release Odysseus