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        <title><![CDATA[Alcinous, King of the Phaecians, has Odysseus taken back to Ithaca....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Alcinous, King of the Phaecians, has Odysseus taken back to Ithaca.  The king orders his finest ships to deliver the precious cargo back to his homeland.
There, Odysseus meets Eumaus, his old faithful swineherd.  The swineherd throws his light on the state of affairs on Ithaca so that Odysseus can appraise the situation.  Odysseus has learned to restrain his pride, so he trusts only the swineherd until he can make known his identity to his...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Odyssey
Who takes Odysseus back to Ithaca?
What is the name of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Odyssey
Who takes Odysseus back to Ithaca?
What is the name of the faithful swineherd?
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        <title><![CDATA[Calypso is both a nymph and a goddess. Nymphs were daughters of gods....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Calypso is both a nymph and a goddess. Nymphs were daughters of gods. The word "nymph" in Greek originally meant "bride" but later also meant "young woman." Sometimes nymphs refer specifically to dryads, or wood-nymphs; naiads, or river-nymphs; or nereids, or sea-nymphs. But in Calypso's case, as she is the daughter of Atlas and has the ability to offer Odysseus the magical gifts of immortality and eternal youth, she is both.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:32:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In regards to The Odyssey, is Calypso a nymph or a goddess? Also, what...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In regards to The Odyssey, is Calypso a nymph or a goddess? Also, what is the difference between a nymph and a goddess?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:57:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I assume you are asking about the beginning of Book 4 and not about the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I assume you are asking about the beginning of Book 4 and not about the beginning of the whole epic.  No one is getting married at the beginning of the Odyssey as a whole.
At the beginning of Book 4, many people are gathered at the palace of King Menelaus.  Both of his children, Megapenthes (a man) and Hermione are getting married (not to each other).
Their wedding feasts are an opportunity for the people present to reminisce about the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:32:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Who gets married at the beginning of "The Odyssey."
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        <description><![CDATA[Who gets married at the beginning of "The Odyssey."
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:29:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[They are goddesses (spirits), who are supposed to be the power of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[They are goddesses (spirits), who are supposed to be the power of knowledge, the inspiration behind the creation of literature and arts, mostly found in poems. They are found near the start of an ancient epic poem or classical Greek hymn. Some of the names of the muses are shown below:
Calliope ( epic poetry, could have been the Muse in the Odyssey)
Clio (history)
Urania (Astrology)
Erato (Lyric poetry)
Thalia (poetry) and etc.
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        <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:47:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Odyssey, traditionally credited to Homer, is the story of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Odyssey, traditionally credited to Homer, is the story of the adventures undergone by Odysseus as he returns home to Ithaca from his participation in the Trojan War.  On his long journey home, Odysseus encounters many dangers and has to devise ways to avoid them (or to get out of them when he hasn't been able to avoid them).
At the outset of the poem, Odysseus is Calypso's island.  She is the daughter of Atlas and is in love with...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:16:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Where is Odysseus located at the poem's commencement?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Where is Odysseus located at the poem's commencement?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:46:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You wouldn't have half of the book if she didn't.  Just kidding.  Here...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You wouldn't have half of the book if she didn't.  Just kidding.  Here is a quote that in a round about way answers your question...it comes from book 2, page 2:

"If I can hear of him as alive and on his way home I will put up with the waste you suitors will make for yet another twelve months. If on the other hand I hear of his death, I will return at once, celebrate his funeral rites with all due pomp, build a barrow to his memory, and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:35:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In what part of "The Odyssey" does it say why Penelope has waited so...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In what part of "The Odyssey" does it say why Penelope has waited so long to pick a new husband?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:21:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hmmm...I don't know how I feel about giving you too many of these...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hmmm...I don't know how I feel about giving you too many of these answers.  Four and five are really just factual questions you are asking, so I will let you figure those out.  One, two, and three are a bit trickier, so I don't mind giving you hand (and I don't mean clapping.)
First, "Why do the Gods need each other?"  The answer to that is pretty similar to why humans need each other.  The Gods are sort of like teachers who have been...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Penelope's life is more difficult than many of the other Odyssey's...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Penelope's life is more difficult than many of the other Odyssey's characters' lives because of a couple of reasons. First, the Greeks believed strongly in the Fates; so part of Penelope's predetermined fate was to endure her husband's absence; there is nothing that she could have done to escape her suffering.  Secondly, much of Penelope's suffering is a consequence of her husband's flaws.  There are many times throughout the epic poem that...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:37:49 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In The Odyssey, why and how did Penelope have such a difficult life...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In The Odyssey, why and how did Penelope have such a difficult life compared to the other characters?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:43:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I have some questions that I need help answering about "The Odyssey."]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have some questions that I need help answering about "The Odyssey."]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:51:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Helios's daughters guard his cattle and report to him immediately when...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Helios's daughters guard his cattle and report to him immediately when Odysseus's men slaughter The Sun God's precious herd.  Helios orders Zeus to destroy the perpetrators and threatens to turn away his light from Zeus and earth and shed it instead on Hades if Zeus does not punish the men.  Zeus takes Helios's threat seriously, and Odysseus's men are soon destroyed by Scylla and Charybdis.
This section from the epic poem demonstrates once...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:53:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In The Odyssey section, "The Cattle of the Sun God," what does Helios...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In The Odyssey section, "The Cattle of the Sun God," what does Helios demand of Zeus, or else?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:29:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is actually kind of a strange part of the story.  Athena starts by...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is actually kind of a strange part of the story.  Athena starts by sort of making up a story about why she has to leave:

"I am the only older person among them; the rest are all young men of Telemachus' own age, who have taken this voyage out of friendship; so I must return to the ship and sleep there."

This is a perfectly plausible excuse for ditching early on the party.  She goes a little further to explain why they won't be seeing...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:58:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[He's stupid and needs a life.  This isnt even real so get over it!!]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/odyssey/q-and-a/what-vice-character-flaw-gets-odysseus-into-25875</link>
        <description><![CDATA[He's stupid and needs a life.  This isnt even real so get over it!!]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:44:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In book 3 of "The Odyssey," what does Athena do as she departs?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In book 3 of "The Odyssey," what does Athena do as she departs?]]></description>
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