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Summary:  (Bella)
Chapter 24 starts with Hermes herding the suitors' spirits to Hades. The Suitors' talk about how Odysseus came back and killed them all. Going back to the real world- Odysseus goes to his father. As soon as he sees him he cries. Odysseus says his name is Eperitus. Laertes pours dust over his head. This is when Odysseus tells him the truth, that he is Odysseus. Laertes wants proof. Odysseus shows him his scar and tells him about the trees Laertes gave him once. Dolius comes home with his sons. Rumour the messenger flew throught the town and everyone knows about the Suitors' deaths. They're all mad at Odysseus and they want to kill him. Halitherses defends him but they don't listen. There's then a battle: Ithicans vs. Odysseus' gang and midway Zues and Athene do not want it to go on so Athene tells them to stop. Her voice makes them all stop what they're doing and run away.

Major Themes (and where they are):  (Shade)
- p313- **//__Justice-__//** Agamemnon tells the dead suitors that they got what they deserved when Odysseus killed them. -p315- **//__Loyalty-__//** Agamemnon mentions how loyal Penelope has been to Odysseus as opposed to his own wife. -Laertes pours dust on his head symolizing how he thought Odysseus was dead and wanted to join him in the underworld. (__also homeric metaphor__) -p316-**//__Disguise (& Homeric Hero)-__//** Odysseus cleverly disguises himself to fool his father


Odysseus' palace(pg. 311), Troy(pg. 311), Laertes Farm(pg. 316), Hades Hall(pg. 316), Alybas(pg. 318), Pylos(pg. 321),



Study Guide Questions:
What happens at the beginning of this chapter? (Da) Cyllenian Hermes begin to summon the souls of the Suitors form the palace. Whose funeral is described in detail in this chapter? (Da) Achilles What story does Amphimedon tell Agamemnon about Penelope? (Da) She refused to give No or Yes to a marriage, and she said to Suitors restrain themselves.For three years she used to weave at the great web, but every night had torches set beside it and undid the work. But the fourth year, one of her women gave her mistress away. Also Odysseus disguises as a beggar and appeared and he blows in his own palace. How does Agamemnon react to the story of the suitors’ deaths? (Da) Telemachus and Odysseus removed the weapon into store-room, let his wife to set out in fornt of the doomed Suitors a bow and axes. When the great bow got in Odysseus' hand, he started to murder Suitors, so as Telemachus. At last whole floor ran with blood. Where is Odysseus going? (Grace) <span style="color: rgb(128,0,128);">Laertes' farm to meet with his father. What does Odysseus do to test his father? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Grace) <span style="color: rgb(128,0,128);">He disguises himself to see if his father will recognize him. Why does he drop his story? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Grace) <span style="color: rgb(128,0,128);">Because he sees his fathers face expression and he realizes he recognized that he was Odysseus. How does he prove to his father that he is Odysseus? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Grace) <span style="color: rgb(128,0,128);">He shows him his scar. And he could tell him when he got each tree in the whole garden. What happens when the town finds out about the suitors’ deaths? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Caroline) They gathered in front of Odysseus' palace, buried the bodies or sent them on ships to their respective homes, then were spoken to by Eupeithes, father of Antinous, who wants to avenge the suitors.

What does Medon tell the assembly? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Caroline) He told them that a god had helped Odysseus kill the suitors, so it was not against the will of the gods that Odysseus had killed them.

How do Zeus and Athene propose to resolve this problem? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Caroline) Have them make a peace treaty to make Odysseus king and make the avengers forget about revenge.

How does the story end? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Caroline) Athene stops the battle between Odysseus and the avengers, then established peace between them.