The final part in our series about the Trojan War brings our ship-wrecked hero, Odysseus back home after 20 long years away. He arrives on his rocky island kingdom of Ithaca disguised as a beggar and finds that his palace is full of suitors wooing his wife, the faithful Queen Penelope. He and his son Prince Telemachus plot a fearful revenge.
This story is full of both exciting fights and touching moments of recognition – none more so than when the faithful dog Argos, lying on dung heap, senses his master. We round off the tale with some moving verses from Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Read by Natasha. Duration 20.48 minutes.
After the war ended, not all the Greeks enjoyed a pleasant home-coming. King Agamemnon went home to his queen, the evil Clytemnestra – and while he was relaxing in his bath, she plunged a dagger into him. The cleverest of the Greeks, wily, red-headed Odysseus spent ten more years sailing home to his lovely queen Penelope. When we last left Odysseus, his ship had been wrecked by a storm. All his crew were drowned, but he was washed up on shore, half dead. He managed to crawl to some bushes by the mouth of the river, and there he fell into a deep sleep.
The island was ruled by a wealthy, sea-faring people. It just so happened that the King’s Daughter – the lovely Nausicaa – had come down to the river with her maids. They were all playing with a ball , and one time it splashed into a swirling pool of the river. The maids shrieked with laughter, and their cries awoke the sleeping warrior.
He clambered out of the bushes, covering his naked, sea-tossed body with leafy branches. The servant girls let out squeals when they saw him – but Princess Nausicaa calmly asked him who he was and how he came to be there. The stranger replied:
“Princess. Your beauty is so great –are you a goddess or a mere mortal? In either case, I stand here at your mercy. My ship was wrecked in the great storm last night. My crew are drowned and I have lost everything.”
For once, the long-suffering Odysseus was in luck. The people of the island respected all who risked their lives at sea. The princess led the stranger to her father. When the king learned that their guest was Lord Odysseus on his way home from Troy, he prepared a great feast in his honour. Then he ordered a ship to be made ready to take him home. He filled a sea-chest for him with rich gifts – sumptuous robes, a golden cauldron, and a handful of jewels.
The ship carried Odysseus home to his rocky kingdom on the island of Ithaca. After 20 years away, he was far from certain what sort of welcome he would receive, and so he asked to be put on shore in a quiet harbour away from the town. There he hid his sea chest in a secret cave, and wrapped himself in beggar’s rags. Wearing this disguise, he climbed up a rough path. He came to the part of the island where pigs were kept. As he approached the hut of the pigs’ keeper, some fierce dogs rushed out at him. They were about to tear at his limbs – a fine welcome home – but just in time the keeper appeared and called them off.
“You should be more careful,” he scolded, “for the gods would be angry with me if my dogs ripped apart an innocent stranger – if you are, indeed, an innocent stranger.”
Odysseus recognised the man as his old servant, Eumaeus. He was a good man, and he honoured the Greek tradition of giving food and shelter to strangers. In fact, in the Greek language there was just one word for both stranger and guest – because all strangers should be honoured as guests . That night the two men sat up talking. Eumaeus explained that his master was King Odysseus who had been away for twenty long years, and was almost certainly dead by now, but his loyal wife Queen Penelope would not believe it. Now his palace was full of scoundrels who ate his food and drank his wine. They demanded that Penelope pick one of them to marry, but she refused. She told them that should could not marry until she had finished sewing her wedding dress. She worked all day and every night she unpicked her work, so that it was never done.
Her son, Prince Telemachus, had taken a ship and gone in search of his father – but he had found no news. He was expected back any day now. The suitors of Penelope had set up a watch down at the harbour, and they planned to ambush and murder him on the road to the palace.
Odysseus listened to all this but did not say who he really was.
The next morning, the swineherd pointed him on the road to the town. Odysseus set out – and on his way he met his son, Prince Telemachus, who was smart enough to take a back route to avoid an ambush. The two men walked along – a tramp and a prince side-by-side. Then Athene, the wise goddess, made Odysseus appear as his true self – younger, stronger, and richly dressed. Telemachus was amazed. He realised that this sudden transformation must be the work of a god or goddess – and then he understood that the man standing before him was his father who had left him as a baby. After they had embraced each other for a long time, they hatched a plan. Telemachus would return to the palace alone, and Odysseus would follow on, dressed as a beggar, and accompanied by the loyal swineherd. No matter how many insults his wife’s suitors flung at him, they would keep their tempers till the moment was ripe for revenge.
Later that day, Odysseus and the swineherd approached the town. On the way they were met by a man they both knew – a servant who kept the goats. When he saw the two shabbily dressed men he called out.
“Well look what we have here! One piece of filth sticking to another piece of filth. Old pig-keeper, what are you taking that garbage to the palace for? All he’ll get there is a sound beating.”
Odysseus was sorely tempted to batter the man, but he knew he must keep his temper for now, and so he and the loyal swineherd walked past.
Not far from the town there was a pile of dung and rubbish. Lying on top of it was a sad old dog who had been cast out of the palace by the suitors. The dog’s name was Argos, and in his prime he had been a fine hunting hound – the favourite of Odysseus. Now he was all but broken. The moment that Odysseus came near, he sensed his master’s scent. He lifted his muzzle from the dung heap and thumped his tail. Odysseus saw him, and went over to pat his faithful animal on the head. Argos licked his master’s hand. He was happy for the first time in many years. And a few moments’ later he breathed his last.
Inside the palace, they found the suitors feasting. Odysseus went round the tables, begging for food. Some of the suitors threw him some scraps, but their leader was more cruel. He turned to the swineherd and said,
“Keeper of Pigs – why do you drag this old corpse into our dining room. Don’t we have enough beggars and pests in this town? Now kindly throw him out before I do much worse to him.”
And Eumaeus, the swineherd, replied:
“My lord Odysseus was always kind and respectful to old soldiers w ho were down on their luck. It is his food and wine that you are helping yourself to – and he would gladly spare a few morsels.
At this the leader of the suitors flew into a rage. “Fine words, swineherd,” he cried. “And this is what I think of your advice !” With that, he picked up a chair and flung it at Odysseus. It hit him on the shoulder. All the suitors burst out into laughter and started to pelt Odysseus and the swineherd with food. They both kept their cool, and retreated further into the palace.
Emmaeus found the old nurse who had looked after Odysseus as a baby. He said that the stranger was weary from tramping, and asked if she would bathe his feet. She gladly fetched hot water and began to do as she was asked. As she washed him, she could not help but notice a scar on the stranger’s leg. Odysseus had gone out hunting as a young man, and the boar had charged him and dug its tusk into his leg. She recognised the scar at once.
“My Lord,” she said. “You are home at last. Let me rush to your poor queen and let her know this wonderful news.”
“Hold still,” said Odysseus. “One of the servants might hear her rejoicing and my secret will be out. Don’t breathe a word to a soul, not even to fair Penelope.”
The good old nurse swore that she would keep her master’s secret.
As he walked back along the corridor, a maid spat at him and told him get out of the palace with his begging bowl.
That evening, as Odysseus was sitting on the porch of the palace, along came a real beggar. His name was Irus and he was a complete scoundrel – a cheat and a sneak thief. He was a favourite of the suitors who recognised him as a kindred spirit. Irus was not pleased to see a rival beggar around the palace, competing with him for scraps.
“Get up and get out, you filthy swine,” he said. “Make yourself scarce before I box you around the ears.”
“What’s got into you?” replied Odysseus. “I’ve done you no harm. You’d better keep your mouth shut or you’ll be the one on the wrong end of a beating.”
“Are you threatening me old man?” said Irus. “Well stand up so I can punch your lights out.”
One of the suitors overhead the two old tramps quarrelling and thought it was hilarious. He ordered them both inside so that the suitors could enjoy the spectacle of a beggar’s boxing match.
A space was cleared in the middle of the dining hall. The suitors placed bets on which tramp would knock the other out first. Irus was the clear favourite to win. But then the two men stripped down for the fight. Odysseus’s mussels glistened and all could see that he was built like an ox. Irus began to tremble with fear – but it was too late.
The leader of the suitors whose name was Antinous– swiftly changed his wager to back the newcomer. He called out to Irus –
“You’ve filled your fat belly with scraps from our table – old goat that you are – but now it seems your going to get what’s coming to you.”
Odysseus hit Irus with a glancing blow and he was out cold. The servants dragged him out by his feat and threw him on the dung heap beside the corpse of old Argos.
The suitors gave Odysseus his reward for his victory: scraps of meat from their plates, but Antinous said to Odysseus:
“That was a good hit from an old swine like you, but don’t get any ideas get above yourself, or you’ll soon be out on your ears.”
Later that night, Odysseus and Prince Telemachus, held a secret conference. This is what Odysseus told his son to do. He must tell his mother to call the suitors together and tell them that she had made up her mind to hold an archery contest. She would marry the man who could string her husband’s old bow and shoot the straightest arrow from it.
Penelope agreed to this idea because she knew that the only man who was strong enough to string her husband’s bow was her husband himself. She thought the contest was a cunning way to show the suitors that not a single one among them was the equal of her true husband.
The next morning the suitors gathered in the dining hall for the contest. They set up a target at the end of the room, and Telemachus handed his father’s great bow to the first to try his aim. But the suitor could not even bend the bow, let alone fire it. The others all laughed at him for being so feeble, but not for long, for none of them had the strength to string the bow. At last, their leader, Antinous took it in his hands, and though he could bend it just a bit, he was far from able to hook the string over its end.
“Fair Penelope must be laughing up in her chamber,” he said. “A fine trick this is her hers, for there’s no man alive who could string this bow.”
Then Odysseus said, “I was once handy with a bow and arrow. I pray let me try my hand.”
The suitors all laughed at the tramp’s boast. But Antinous said, “Certainly. If you string the bow for me I will reward you with gold. If not, I shall beat you within an inch of your useless old life.”
At this, Odysseus picked up the bow and tried it for weight, balancing it in his hand. The suitors mocked him for this display.
“Thinks he’s an expert, he does,” they jeered.
Then he placed the bow upright on the ground. He leant into it, and hooked the string over the end with ease. At first the suitors were astounded. And then they realised that the beggar was the king whose palace and hospitality they had been abusing, and whose wife they had been wooing. The realisation came too late to save their skins, for soon Odysseus was letting arrows fly from the bow and picking them off one by one.
One of the suitors who was better mannered than the others tried to bargain with the king. He swore that if he would spare their lives they would pay him back three times over for what they had taken. But Odysseus replied that if they wanted to save their lives they had better fight.
Several men charged him with their swords, but Odysseus was swift at letting the arrows fly.
And so Odysseus and his son Telemachus dealt with all the suitors. At the end of the battle not one was left alive. Now Odysseus told his son to fetch Penelope.
But when Penelope saw her husband she could not be sure after so many years that it was really him.
“Dearest Queen, how can you be so hard-hearted when you see your husband here before you after twenty long years, ” pleaded Odysseus.
And Penelope still was not sure whether or not to believe her own eyes. So she decided to test him. She called the old nurse and told her to move the bed out of their room and prepare it for the stranger in the next room along the corridor.
“How can that be?” asked Odysseus. “If it is my bed, than nobody could move it. For I made it myself, and one of its pillars is the olive tree that grew on this spot where I build the bedroom with my own hands.”
And then Penelope knew that the man before her truly was her husband, Lord Odysseus, for whom she had waited twenty long years. She threw her arms around him and wept for joy.
And that’s the story over the home-coming of Odysseus. It is also the end of the tales from the Trojan war as told by the Greek bard, Homer, who wrote two epic poems called the Iliad and the Odyssey.
But although our hero was overjoyed to be home, that was not the end of his travels. For Odysseus always longed to go and see new places, and after some time he again set out. The English Poet Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote a few lines about his unquenchable urge to sail the seas.
for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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THIS STORY IS STUPID
Thanks Natasha and Bertie! You guys are awsome. You finally did it. I am sooooo happy. This story is great and I am surely ging to put on my ipod. Oh and 1 more thing. LADYBUG246 this story is great. And don’t give me back any lip.
I like this story very much .thank you
This story is great, I like the ending.
good
It takes too long to Buffer!!!
Why did they attack troy
why does this take long to buffer????
please let me know i really want to know!!!!!!!!!
why did thay build a horse why not a bunny rabbit
because itSz part of the story and it wouldnt be interesting if it was a BUNNY RABIT!!!
good
Good story, Keep it up Natasha, you are doing a great job with Berdie. Thanks for sharing.
Natashagood
Thanks, I’ve been looking for good quality classic works in audio format, and until now everything was in very strong, annoying American accents. Which somehow seems unsuitable when the material is a Sherlock Holmes story or even Aesop’s fables.
Great work.
p.s. giant wooden bunny rabbit, haha
this story is interesting
This story is awesome
Hello Bertie,
I’ve had a rather extrordinary week. Well,
you see Bertie, my Mother said that I had to skip school for the last few days because
I had to go visit some family in Pakistan.
And now I am in Pakistan. Well, you see, I’ve
been seeing all sorts of things here, but the one thing that is so numerous here are beggars. I was thinking that people need to know about beggars, but nobody seems to care.
That is why I was thinking that you should do a story on beggars. Or make a story about one
specific beggar and try to view in on her life. And I really think you should do this because, well this is my country and a lot of people get wrong ideas about it. But it is not our fault. Please Bertie.
Hi Sarah
Nice to hear from you in Pakistan. Certainly that is a good idea – of course the homecoming is partly about respect for a beggar. However, it’s a good idea, and I’ll give some thought to it. We want a few more stories about girls, so perhaps a girl beggar could be a character for a more realistic and gritty drama.
By the way, there’s another Greek myth on the way – it’s recorded already – and will be out in a week or so.
Sarah
By the way, this is a story about a beggar in India by Kipling – I’ve often thought of doing it
http://www.kellscraft.com/junglebook2/junglebook206.html
The introduction reflects the Empire era – I think perhaps we might do something we don’t normally do and cut a couple of paragraphs – because I’m not sure that a modern audience will take too kindly to the remarks about England/ India (which might be ironic, but not everyone will get it).
North India in those days became modern Pakistan.
It is a truly lovely story… it’s not particularly about the hardship of modern beggars – but it does show a totally different attitude that respects them.
Dear Bertie,
Thanks a whole bunch!
jevfg
This was toattly awsome but there was a couple of hards words involve. It was fandabidastic!!!!!!!! LOL
I’ve been looking for this so long!!! Thank you lot!
I searched a bunch of names on google for a project that i had to do, this really helped!
this sory is so good!
great story has an awesome ending thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeah so what are YOU going to for cristmas?
Twenty years of hopeful waiting…the ancient Greeks are impressive. Their passion is strong. Their quest for adventures is unquenchible. Ancient Greeks are titans. I really liked the story. Thanks a lot.
nice one! It rocks. But quite a lonnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggg story!
thizz iz a kool story!
I thought this was an okay story. But it could be better if the lady, Natasha, could read faster.
i think this story is cool in school im learning about greek myths (im in primary school)
the story was nice..i liKe it:]
i like it
i like it and i hate it
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I love Greek mythology!
Great story Storynory.Got any more?
wow nice stories i will rule you all
wow comin home was probably a good idea i kno i wuld come back
i really loved this. they should have been doing their duty and protecting the city
the arow contest
very smart
trustworthy
lucky
survivor
I think the climax is when he first ets to the palace and pretends he is a old beggar.
I think the climax is when the king first gets to the palace and is pretending to be an old begger.
I think the conflict is when Odysseus comes back and see that his kingdom has other people ruling and when those people are forecing the women (Penelope) to marry one and Odysseus has to win the her challenge to get her.
The conflict about these story would be man vs.self,because he
Had to descuise himself and act like a begged to retake his kingdom.
Also he couldn’t revile himself even to his wife.he also had to control his temper against
The suitors till the time came.
The story was AWSOME!!!!! I loved when his dog came up and saw him before he died!
I dont like that its long .
The lady is not good for the story.!!!!!!!
It was very broing.
And the conflict
MAN VS MAN I think so
the climax in this story is when he come home and picks up the arrow and shoots it. It shows how it really is him because no was as strong as him. It was sad when the dog died to
really good… i like the bow part ☺
I like this story very much. I liked the conflict, man vs. society. It was a little long though.
the conflict of this story is man vs man
I really liked this story. I liked how in the story Odysseus used the bow and arrow to fight off the suiters. So far that is my favorite story.
i liked it beeter than other one
This conflict in the story shall be a life lesson for every
5 out of 5
The way Odysseus handled the conflict was interesting and different than what i would have figured.
the climax of the story is when odysseus string the bow an arrow.
This is a loooonng story! Very interesting though, the last paragraph was so interesting with the creative words and vocabulary like tho’
I thought it’d be kind of boring but it wasn’t that bad! But they should get someone that is a little less sophisticated to narrate it,
I thought that was great~! The conficlt: Man Vs. Man, Man Vs. Self, Annd Man Vs. Citizen~!
it was alright.the voices are kinda weird…..
but the story was good
they coul have been protecting there city
man vs. society
this story is better then the the last one it was alot longer though=(
I thought that the main conflict was person vs. person. it seemed like it was between Odysseus and the suitors. Also Queen Penelope. it was funny how Odysseus disliked the suitors and had conlfict wiht them, while he met another begger and thought he was nasty and mean, while the suitors thought he was a kindred spirit.
I think the conflict is Man vs. man. I think that because the story is mainly about Odysseus fighting against other men.
conflist was that the scoundrals had taken odysseus’s kingdom and they thought odysseus was dead. he has to go and take his kingdom back…pretty cool story
person vs. society (main one)
person vs. person (in 1 or 2 parts)
when odyessues fought all of the baggers it just proved he is strong.
oh yeah and im sure its man vs. man
The names are long.
&nddd the story’s confuessing.
I think the conflict is not knowing who Odysseus is;it shows the way he is treated as a begger and being royal.
I think its man vs. society. :]
Again, this was really good! I say the conflict is Person Vs. Society because he had to deal with many people getting them to believe him! Thanks! : )
it was really good. it’s crazy though that he had to go through all of that though to prove himself as king.
Evan, the part when the dog comes up and sees him is my favourite part too !
it was a good story, he had to deal with man vs. society because he battled all of the suitors to be the king again
I liked this story. my favorite part was with the about the bow and arrows.
In this story there are two conflicts. The first conflict is person vs. society. When Odysseus returned he had to dress as a beggar to enter the castle. The author described how he was looked down upon by everyone. The second conflict was person vs. person. Odysseus planned a competition with other suitors to see who could shoot a bow that only he could string. After winning, he fought all of the other suitors for taking advantage of him.
this is a story about when the king comes home. he finds what his pales has come to a place of no maners and mean people. the climacts was when he proves that hes the king a kill all of the people in the room. i have seen parts of a movie about this but it had a lot more. a i think those people that took over the place were mean and no manreed people that should have not acted as they did. and monkeys rock. i know that has nothing to do with the story but is ture. and i know that i spellt a lot of stuf wong but i dont realy care that much.
and i think its man v.s man….. i forgot to add it :-]
i think it is man vs. man and man and man vs. society
This story was great. I liked all the fighting and how he had to fight his way backed up to get to king. The conflict is man vs. society.
Oddsyeus’s ship wrecked and all his sailors drowned. He was on his way to his beautiful Queen. He fell into a deep sleep half dead.
Man vs. society he has to get everyone to believe him.
I think the conflict is Man vs. Man because of when Odysseus challenge the other men with his bow and arrow skills.After he proved himself,he killed all of the people that had mistreated him.
Man vs. Society. This story was long!!!
i liked this story as good as the other. I believe that the conflict would be Man vs. Society.
the main conflict is man vs society bcuz odysseus had to sneak into the castle as a beggar to get his revenge against his enemies.also it was really long and hard for me to concentrate, but it always is so nvm.
My first comment is gone. It is man vs society or man vs fate
i liked this story i do not know wat u are talking about it is not stupid !!!!great job natasha!!!!
I think its man vs society because the odysseus sneaks into the castle and acts like a begger.
Again absent on tuesday, GO CALIFORNIA!
the conflict is man vs society cause odysseus had to go inside the castle as a beggar to get his revenge against the other guys
man v.s. man ,when odyssius battled the swindlers
person vs. person. Odysseus and the suitors.
the conflict is when he must do man vs self when he acts as abeggar to take the pacae back
I’m pretty sure it was man vs. man
man vs society because he had to battle his way back up !!!!!!!!!!
I liked the conflict man V. society. This was a good storie
Im pretty sure the conflict was man vs. self, because he was trying hard not to attack all the men chastising him…
i think it was man .vs. man when odyssius and his son battled all the men who he wanted revenge on. it is aloso man .vs. scoiety when odyssius descuises him self as a begger and goes and beggs for food.
wow i messed up the spelling sorry:( haha
I think it was man v.s man and a little bit of man v.s society.
it is man v.s. man and man v.s. society
I cant believe he went all through that to tell everyone he’s king! it was really interesting and i liked it so much. Great story! I think the conflict is man vs man because he battled his son and the swindlers!
the conclict was when he came back and the one dude hit him with a chair
in this story I believe the conflicts are man vs man when he fights everyone and man vs. society when he pretends to be a beggar.
the conflict in this story is Man vs. Man
i think the conflict is man vs. man. because ha fights his son and man vs. society when he became a beggar
the conflict is man vs. man because he fights his son and the swindlers. i like this story because its more exciting then the others. also it could be man vs. society because he pretends to beg for food. he even got scraps from sailors!
the conflict either has to be man vs. man or man vs. society
not for sure
the climax is when he comes hme and shoots the bow
man vs. society
Traditionally, I think, the theme of this story is “homecoming” . The word is “nosos” in Greek, and we get the English word Nostalgia from it. And then around this theme there are themes of family and loyalty. The dog Argos gives Odysseus a more loyal welcome home than many of the others on the island. Penelope of course is an example of total loyalty.
Man vs. Society is the theme thingy here
i think the climax is when he shoots the arrow…and i think its man vs. man
I think the conflict in this story is definetely man vs. society! he has to make everyone trust him
i think the conflict is man .vs.pride/self to get home to his wife and ithica
i think the conflict is man .vs.pride/self to get home to his wife and ithica
i think the conflict is person vs. self
the conflict is person vs. self
Man vs man and man vs society!
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man vs man
is this a published story
heyyyyy this story is pretty sweet but greek mythology sucks!
wow its really good how many stories do you have?
Girlywirly, we’ve lost count of the number of stories – but lots !
it is ok
it is a good story
nice story =]
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I had to read the Odyssey for English this year, this sums up the return home quite nicely, although youforgot about him visiting his father.
Also, Penelope wasn’t sewing a wedding dress, she was sewing and unsewing a burial clothe for Odysseus’ father, who was becoming old.
OMG!!!!!! ROMANTIC
I know. It’s my favorite of the Odyssey stories.
I really liked it.
(Kayla) Cool story! I like the part when the true king and his son faught the suiters.
man vs. man
I think the conflict in this story is Man vs. Man because Odysseus has to trick and fight many men.
the conflict is he has to fight his son
I believe the conflict is both man vs. Society and man vs. Society. It’s man vs. Man because Odyssius and his kid go and fight everyone. He is also fighting the society because of what he heard about his wife.
man vs. man
because odysseus faught off the men who had eaten his food, treated him poorly when he was dressed as a begger, and wooed his wife.
man vs. man
because odysseus faught off the men who had eaten his food, treated him poorly when he was dressed as a begger, and wooed his wife.
sorry the one that says is its from Taylor T is mine, her name was still in the box i I hadnt noticed that until it appeared, so it is mine not taylors
Man vs. man, because it was about Odysseus killing the suitors with his bow and arrows.
I think it is man vs society because it talke about the village and all of what happend
th conflict is that he has to fight other people
man vs man cause he pretends to beg for food and gets scraps
I think the conflict is good vs evil, because he (good) fights the men who have taken over his palace (evil).
I think the conflict actually starts when he fights his way into the palace
the conflict in this story was when he fought the suiters side by side with his son
the conflict is when he has to fight all the other people
man vs man
The Climax was that when odyseus returned home he had to get rid of the suitors. After some planning Odyseus and Telemachus told the suitors penelope was planning an archery contest.After everyone tried odyseus shot arrows with the bow and arrows at all the suitors.
the conflict is man vs man because he has to beat the other men in a game and trick them to take back his kingdom.
the conflict is man vs man because he has to beat the other men in a game and trick them to take back his kingdom
I think it was man vs. self because Odysseus had to prove to his wife and son he was their actual husband and father by telling them times from the past; such as using his special bow and telling them about his bed he will never be able to move after his wife him about that bed. Also he had to keep himself wise and patient to not get into any conflict that he be would making by ignoring the poor peple who thought he was a pig herder and bullied him. Also he had to think if he actually wanted to kill the men who wanted to marry his wife Penelope even when one of them tried to bargain and show mercy with him too. I think my deccision is right.
I think the conflict is MAN VS MAN because in the story Odysseus is fighting the men in his palace and such.
The kinng came home and he was killed by the Queen. Odysseus was out in the sea and the the thing he was on was going down all his man was died but he was gone by the sea on the land. H
The conflict in this story is man vs. man and man vs. society. Man vs. Man was when Odysseus challenged others! Man vs. society when Odysseus had to make his way back up and when he being a beggar and getting scraps! This story was very long and boring in my opinion!
I believe that the main conflict is man vs. man because Odysseus has to fight the men off and the beggar he also needs to trick everyone so his secret doesn’t get out.
the conflict was when he fought with his son in front of his castle.
The king came home for the the war to his Queen and Odysseus did no what the people would say so he did not what to go be a lot of people. But one wonem was look at his foot and she no that it was the Queen. She want to tall the Queen. But he say no you can tall no one.
The conflict is man vs. man I think.He has to fight those men with the swords.The contest that he set up, too.
The story was okay, not as good as The Wooden Horse.
Well it would have to be man v.s. man because in one part he had to fight many soliders and also kill them all with the arrow that only he him self could pull back and string and only himself…
The conflict of the story is man vs. man. Odysseus and his wife fight because she is trying to get a new husband.
the conflict is man vs man. there is a lot of conflict. fighting killing. i kinda like it
man vs man, They have to fight.
I think that this story has a conflict of man vs. man because Odysseus had to battle the suitors.
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The conflict is Man vs. Man because he had to trick the other men and he had to fight them.
The conflict was Man vs. Man because odysseus had to play a trick on all the men.
i think man vs man because Odysseus had to fight off many suitors.
P.S the first is catherines and the second is taylors because she made it sound difficult and stuff!!!
I think a conflict in this story is man vs man because Odysseus has to trick and fight many men and his son
I like the story about Man vs Man he has to trick and fight many men and his son
I think the conflict is man vs. man. I think this because the suiteors tried to take over the kingdom because they thought that King Odysseus was dead. Penelope didn’t believe it was her husband at first, but then relized it was.
This story was great it was cool that he disguised him self as a begger so he can see how people were abusing his kingdom. This is man VS man because he had to fight all the men at the end.
man vs. man… the story was better than I though!!
Man vs. Society because he has to face more than just 1 man. He has to face all the people who call his a begger but try to hold his temper in
the conflict of the story is that …odysseus has to fight many people. he also wasnt treated that well.> Man VS. Man ( cultral heroes )
it was a great story
i Believe it is Odysseus vs. suitors. (mam vs. man)
Very interesting story
The confclict is Man Vs. Soceity, becuase most of the people wantedd to kill him.
The The Conflict in this story is Man vs Man. It is Man vs Man because Odysseus is fighting against everyone in the city because the people in the city think that he is just a begger.
I think that the main conflict of this story is man vs. society because in his palace, everything is a certain way until he left. Everything changed before his eyes when he got back because no one knew he was there. I did not enjoy the story, though, and got lost, too.
I think the conflist(s) would be man vs. man and man vs. society
the conflict of the story is when he returns to his kingdom to find out it had been taken away and other people ruled it. he had to then desguize him self as on of the town people and win his kingdom back!
I think the conflict is Man vs. Man, because the king tricks the men and fights them.
I think its man vs. man because Odysseus fights Irus.
man vs man
Man vs. Man
I think the conflict is antinous vs. odysseus
I think the conflict of this story is Man vs. Society. Odysseus dresses up as a beggar to hear what his subjects have to say. After all, he was gone for 20 years. Everyone had different reactions to ‘the beggar’, but it was only the faithful who saw through his disguise. What I liked about this story was that, no matter how cruelly he was treated,Odysseus kept his cool, and got what he deserved: Respect.
Man vs. Man
Overal, this story was kinda interesting.Ithink that the conflict was man vs. man.
I thought the story was pretty interesting, but it was unusual because the version I once heard was different. The conflicts in this story were man vs. man for MANY reasons,man vs. society because of all the troube the villagers gave him and how the suiters treated him, and man vs. nature because of when Odysseus was ship wrecked.
Conflict is Man vs Man he fought against many men
The conflict is man against man since he always was trying to get the evil people out.
I think the conflict is …..Man vs. Himself and Man vs. Man !!!!
it is man vs. man because it is the Greeks (men) against the Trojans (men).
the villian in this story was Antinous
i think that the conflict is man vs. man because most of the story Odysseus has to fight other men
Definitely man v. man because Odysseus must take back his home and castle by fooling them into a fight only he could win. I suppose a hidden moral would be that being selfish and abusive gets you nowhere!
The conflict for this story is man vs man because Odysseus must defeat the suitors, to see his wife.He must do this in order to avoid death from the suitors who want to kill him, so Odysseus wife will choose one of them to marry her.
The climax is were he is handed the bow.And kills all of the scoundrels with his own bow that only he can use. The conflict is man vs society.VERY good story
I would say that the conflict in the story might be man vs. self because he has to try to survive on an island. It might also be man vs. man because he has to pretend that he is a begger so he could sneak into his palace and see his wife and show that he is the King. He had to fight against many men after the contest which also is man vs. man.
i think it is definitly man VS society because he is against every1
The main conflict is between the king and the men who abused his castle.
The conflict is Man vs. Man when he battles his son, and Man vs. Society when he pretends to be a beggar.
I thought this story was both good but very long! i think this story could possibly be two different conflict i think it is man vs. man because many things went on when men were fighting but then also man vs. society because if it wasnt for the ship wreck then he would have never been there ect…
the conflict was interesting, i mean when odysseus disgiused himeself as a begger and stalled the soldiers from trying to be husbands of odysseus wife at the same time it was very cool how he finished of the soldiers with just bow.
man vs man
beacues he has to fight the suitors for his crown.
The conflict about The homecoming of Odysseus is man vs. man. He has to fight his son.
The conflict of the story is Man v.s. himself.
The conflict of the story is man v.s. himself!!
CONFLICT:
man vs. man because Odysseus wants to fight men and so that would be man vs. man
I thought this myth was really interesting!
The conflict of this story was man vs. man because Odysseus had to fight the group of suitors. He’s not fighting against society, although people like the maids are mean to him.
I am the star of this story! ohh yeah thats right
I liked the part where i shot the bow and arrow(:
I think the conflict of the story is man vs. man.he tries to trick the men who have tried to pressure the wife into marriage and have been enjoying the stuff that belong to odyseuss.
The conflict is man vs man
I think the conflict is man vs. society because oddesys and his son have to face the suiters and they are the government. You see this when they have to avoid the ambush and the siters make the beggers fight nd lastly when he has to fight the suiters and kill them to stop them for doing harm.
i think it is man vs. man
it was very interestini loved it. the conflict is man vs. man
the conflict is when he duels his son
at the village
The Climax is where he shotts the arrow:)
The Conflict Is Man vs. Man:)
the conflict is man vs man because Odysseus has to battle other men
the conflict is he fout all those men to get his wife back
I think it is Man Vs Society and a bit of man Vs Man and the climax is when he has to fight all those people
I think the conflict is man vs man because he fights his own father.
ps: that story was veeeery long.
The conflict of this story is man vs. Man because he has to trick the suitors and at the end, fight and kill them.
I know i know i know. I rock dont i. Dont you agree with that?
ok. all those odysseus above are not real. They r just trying to make jokes. I am the real. odysseus. I have proof to.
I think the conflict of the story was man vs man because odysseus fights his own father.
man vs. socity and man vs. nature.
I think the conflict has to be man vs society and can also be man vs man because of the fighting.
i think the conflict is man vs man because Odysseus has to fight his own son
This story in man vs man because Odysseues which is a man but sounds like a girl name but oh well has to trick many man and had to fight and kill many men to so thats why i think its man vs man
the conflict in this story was man vs. man because Odysseus had to fight the suitors and the other beggar to prove that he was who he was
The conflict is man vs. man because he fights the swindlers. It can also be man vs. society because he puts beggars clothes and acts like a beggar and he gets scraps from the people in the palace.
Man Vs. Man & Man Vs. Society.
(mrs. spragues student)
This myth has two conflicts man vs. man becaause odysseus has to fight lots of men.I also think the conflict is man vs. society because he was trying to beg for things.
I would think that the conflict is man vs.man because he had to fight his son. and man vs. society (((:
I think there are 2 conflicts in this story. The first conflict is MAN VS. SOCIETY because has to get around as a beggar in the city and goes through alot of people in the city, including the suitors in HIS own palace. I also think it is it could be MAN VS. MAN because he is facing being not only a beggar, but himself (Odysessus), too.
^^^ corrected sentence: ….MAN VS.MAN because HE has to get around…
The conflict is definitely
MAN VS. MAN
man vs man
I think the conflict is man vs. man because he says that he wants the other men to fight but he just kills them all.
i think the conflict was either man vs. man…or man vs. society…. i think it was man vs. man because he had to fight the other begger man. I think its man vs. society because he had to deal with the people treating him with disrespect.. and he had to fight them all with a bow and arrow.
or i think its man vs. himself because he had to keep his temper under control while the people treated him so badly.
haha
man vs. man
the conflict is man vs. man because Odysseus has to fight many men, but it could also be man vs. nature because the storm threw him off his boat.<—2nd one not really the main one but just an idea.
the conflict is man vs man.like when odysseus fought beggar.
I think this is Man Vs. Man, because Odysseus had to fight all of those guys and ended up killing them all.
i think it’s good vs evil because the the guys are trying to take ever thing odysseus has
I think the conflict is man vs. man
I think the conflict is Man vs. Man because of all the people he seems to have problems with.
I think the conflict is man vs. society because oddesys and his son have to face the suiters and they are the government. You see this when they have to avoid the ambush and the siters make the beggers fight nd lastly when he has to fight the suiters and kill them to stop them for doing harm.
i think it is man vs. man
It was the greek soliders vs. the trojan soliders… so man vs. man
It is man vs. society because Odysseus had to fight all those people
that it will be man vs. man it will fight with Greek vs. Trojan
I think its man vs man because odyseeus killed all of them with his bow and arrow
the conflict of this story is when Odysseus must free his wife and kingdom
manvsman he fights all the trojans clim. came home
i think its man vs man because he faught alot of people.
It is man vs. man- the greek soldiers fight against the trojans!
great stroy. it was about good vs evil
i think that the conflict is man vs man
Man vs man because Odysseus had to box a beggar , and compete in an archery contest to prve that he was the rightful husband .
Man vs. man because Odysseus did not what toi tall no one that he was in town but a new man was tacking his town.
Man vs society because he had to get all those people to believe him
this was really long
The conflict of the story is man vs. man. Odysseus and his wife fight because she is trying to get a new husband.
(i redid it mrs. sprague)
I think it is man vs. society
because Oddysses is new in town and he has to prove himself.
I love Greek myths this is my 2 favrite won
WOW great story!
Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!