Promis Harvey Latin II October-31-2011

Telemachus and Mentor in the Odyssey. In Book I of the Odyssey, Athena dresses as Odysseus' trusted old friend, Mentor, so she can give Telemachus advice. She wants him to start hunting for his missing father, Odysseus. Franois Fnelon (16511715), archbishop of Cambrai, wrote the didactic Les aventures de Tlmaque in 1699. Based on Homer's Odyssey, it tells of the adventures of Telemachus in search of his father. An extremely popular book in France, this picture is an illustration from one of its many editions.

Odysseus and Tiresias Odysseus consults with the spirit of Tiresias during Odysseus' Nekuia. This scene is based on Book XI of the Odyssey. The capped man on the left is Odysseus' companion Eurylochus. The painting, by the Dolon Painter, is on a Lucanian Red-figure calyx-krater. A calyx-krater is used for mixing wine and water. Odysseus, Right, Consults the Shade of Tiresias, Center. Eurylochos on the Left. Side A from a Lucanian Red-figured calyx-krater, c. 380 B.C. Marie-Lan Nguyen/Wikimedia Commons

The Slaughter of the Suitors at the End of the Odyssey Book

XXII of the Odyssey describes the slaughter of the suitors. Odysseus and his three men stand against all the suitors who have been despoiling Odysseus' estate. It's not a fair fight, but that's because Odysseus has managed to trick the suitors out of their weapons, so only Odysseus and crew are armed. Scientists have dated this mythological event. This painting is on a bell crater which describes the shape of a pottery vessel with glazed interior, used for mixing wine and water. Slaughter of the Suitors, From a Campanian Red-Figure Bell-Crater, c. 330 B.C. Public Domain. Bibi Saint-Pol