SLAUGHTER IN THE

HALL
Book 22
PLOT SUMMARY

 Odysseus takes his revenge on the

suitors.

 He lays down the law

 He is helped by several friends and

slays all of the suitors.
Telemachus

Athena

Eumaeus

Philoetius

ALLIES OF ODYSSEUS
(Suitors)

Antonious

Eurymachus

Melanthius

ENEMIES OF ODYSSEUS
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
Telemachus kills Amphinomus

Athena test the strength of Odysseus by not

joining the battle until the end.

Odysseus spares only the minstrel Phemius

and the herald Medon, unwilling participants in
the suitors' profligacy. The priest Leodes begs
unsuccessfully for mercy.
This book is ridiculous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ryPUJyQf6g

A brief clip to parallel this scene from “The

Odyssey”