Father and Son

Book 16

Henry Beveridge
 Telemachus Returns
• Telemachus arrives home to
Ithica

• Telemachus goes to visit his

“loyal swineherd”

• Eumaeus greets Telemachus

as if he was his own son

• Telemachus sends Eumaeus

off to proclaim his return to
his mother, Penelope.
 Telemachus and the
•
Stranger
Telemachus begins to whine to
the stranger about the suitors.
It is very obvious that he has
had no fatherly guidance
• The Stranger gives fatherly
advice that helps Telemachus
• Athena, Goddess of Wisdom,
transforms the stranger (who is
Odysseus), into a younger
looking version
• Telemachus, at first, does not
believe that the man is his
father
 Telemachus and Odysseus
• Telemachus finally
believes that this man is
in fact his father.
• He is overjoyed and
begins to weep while
embracing his father
• Odysseus learns of the
suitors who plague
Ithica. He develops a
plan to get rid of them
• Telemachus admits his
weakness and asks to be
helped
 The Suitors Plot
• Suitors, led by
Amphinomus, plot to kill
Telemachus upon his
arrival to the castle.
– The way Amphinomus
justifies the murder is by
suggesting that the Gods
wish Telemachus to be
murdered