Table of Contents
- 1 How does Menelaus describe Odysseus?
- 2 Why does Menelaus welcome the two strangers to his feast?
- 3 Who is Menelaus and what does he have to say about Odysseus?
- 4 Why is Menelaus to go to the Elysian field instead of dying as other mortals do?
- 5 What does Pisistratus say to Menelaus in the Odyssey?
- 6 Why did Menelaus invite the strangers to his feast?
How does Menelaus describe Odysseus?
Contented and quite happy in The Odyssey , Menelaus’ has very fond memories of Odysseus. Along with his wife Helen, both regale Telemachus and Peisistratus with stories of Odysseus’ guile and courage. Fundamentally, it is evident in Book Four that Menelaus considers Odysseus very important in the Greek victory over…
When Telemachus visits Menelaus What does Menelaus say he would have done for Odysseus had he come home?
He also describes Telemachus’ plight with the suitors. Menelaus exclaims “His son, in my house! How I loved the man,/ And how he fought through hardship for my sake!” Book 3, lines 181-2. Then he says that he would have done anything for Odysseus, surmising that the gods must have been jealous to smite Odysseus.
Why does Menelaus welcome the two strangers to his feast?
Menelaus welcomes them to the double wedding feast taking place for both his son and daughter. After the travelers are bathed and fed, Menelaus tells them of his grief for his mates who died at Troy – especially Odysseus. What does Menelaus tell Telemachus about his experience in Troy?
Why does Menelaus believe hospitality is important?
In the Odyssey, Menelaus wanted to be blessed by Zeus, so that was the reason he was hospitable. Menelaus did it out of his heart because Zeus didn’t ask him to be hospitable unlike Christianity where God asks us to be hospitable. Similar to Christianity, we are blessed when we are hospitable towards others.
Who is Menelaus and what does he have to say about Odysseus?
Menelaus tells the famous story of the Trojan horse, Odysseus’s masterful gambit that allowed the Greeks to sneak into Troy and slaughter the Trojans. The following day, Menelaus recounts his own return from Troy. He says that, stranded in Egypt, he was forced to capture Proteus, the divine Old Man of the Sea.
How does Menelaus know what he knows about the fate of Odysseus?
He doesn’t know whether Odysseus is dead or alive but when he sees how moved Telemachus is, he silently deduces that he is the son Odysseus left in Ithaca as a baby. Helen comes in and voices Menelaus’ suspicion.
Why is Menelaus to go to the Elysian field instead of dying as other mortals do?
Why is Menelaus to go to the Elysian Field instead of dying as other mortals do? He is the husband of Helen, and son – in – law of Zeus, and he will not die. The scene shifts of the home of Odysseus.
Does Menelaus know Odysseus fate?
At dawn, Menelaus sits beside Telemachus. Menelaus asks why Telemachus came to Lacedaemon. Menelaus then tells Telemachus what he knows about Odysseus’ fate, which involves the story of meeting Proteus, the Old Man of the Sea, at Pharos.
What does Pisistratus say to Menelaus in the Odyssey?
Maids wash, oil, and clothe the travelers and present them with food and wine. Telemachus says to Pisistratus that the splendor of Menelaus’s mansion must resemble Olympus, but Menelaus notes that no mortal man could compare with Zeus. He describes his eight years of travels, the wealth he amassed, and his bitterness about the death of his brother.
Why did Telemachus and Pisistratus go to menelaus’palace?
Telemachus and Pisistratus arrive at Menelaus’s palace, where the king is celebrating the two separate marriages of his son and his daughter. Menelaus tells his aide Eteoneus to invite the strangers to feast with them; that way, he says, he can honor the hospitality he received from strangers during his travels.
Why did Menelaus invite the strangers to his feast?
Menelaus tells his aide Eteoneus to invite the strangers to feast with them; that way, he says, he can honor the hospitality he received from strangers during his travels. Maids wash, oil, and clothe the travelers and present them with food and wine.
Why did Menelaus grieve for Odysseus and Telemachus?
He grieves for all his comrades, Menelaus says, but he grieves for Odysseus the most, because he worked the hardest but suffered the most. Telemachus cries to hear his father mentioned so tenderly, and Menelaus understands then that he’s speaking to Odysseus’s son.