Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Portents Gather

portent (noun): a) an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous b) threatening or disquieting significance c)a prodigy or marvel

portent: Athena promises to help Odysseus get rid of the suitors (50-58).

portent: Zeus thunders at Odysseus' prayers, as well as the spinning girl's.

portent: The cowherd greets Odysseus and says how like Odysseus he is. He and the swineherd pray to Zeus about it.

portent: All the suitors and the serving girls arrive.

portent: A suitor throws a hoof at Odysseus (330-341). I don't know entirely what that's about, but it probably made Odysseus rather furious.

portent: Telemachus threatens the suitors (341-381).

portent: The seer Theoclymenus predicts the suitors' death (382-414).

THIS IS GREAT DRAMATIC BUILD-UP. I really felt rather anxious.

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