What prophecy does Theoclymenus tell to Penelope?
He tells Penelope the prophecy of Odysseus's return and she says that if it comes to pass, any man who meets him will call him blessed.
What partial truth does Telemachus reveal to Penelope?
When he sits down to eat with Penelope, Telemachus tells her what little news he received of Odysseus in Pylos and Sparta, but he doesn't reveal that he has seen Odysseus with his own eyes in Eumaeus's hut. Theoclymenus then speaks up and swears that Odysseus is in Ithaca at this very moment.
What tale does the beggar tell Penelope?
He tells Penelope that, essentially, Odysseus had a long ordeal but is alive and freely traveling the seas, and predicts that Odysseus will be back within the month. Penelope offers the beggar a bed to sleep in, but he is used to the floor, he says, and declines.
What prophecy does Odysseus receive?
What prophecy does Odysseus receive? Odysseus receives the prophecy that the only way for him to return to Ithaca is to travel through a dangerous strait, going past Thrinacia.
What prophecy does Theoclymenus offer?
Theoclymenus delivers his prophecy as the suitors are sitting down for their noontime meal. He foresees them entering Hades and ends his speech with the statement, "The Sun has been obliterated from the sky, and an unlucky darkness invades the world." Odysseus dispatches the suitors not long thereafter.
What does Telemachus tell Penelope when she asks about Odysseus?
Telemachus Returns As Book 17 of The Odyssey begins, Telemachus decides to leave Eumaeus's hut and go reveal himself to his mother, Penelope. He tells Odysseus, ''Father, I go to the city to let my mother see me; for I know she will not cease from gloomy grief and crying until she sees my very self. ''
What does the beggar predict will happen?
What does the beggar (Odysseus) predict will happen? Odysseus will come very soon, safely home to his wife and son.
What is Penelope's final test for Odysseus?
Penelope has not seen her husband for many years. When Odysseus returns, Penelope doesn't recognize him and cannot be sure that Odysseus is really who he says he is. She tests Odysseus by ordering her servant Eurycleia to move their marriage bed.
What prophecy does Athena give?
After Telemachus has given Athena a proper welcome, she tells Telemachus that Odysseus is still alive, and that he is held captive on a faraway island. She prophesies that Odysseus will soon return to his home.
What is the prophecy in Antigone?
Their prophecy, foretold by the prophet Teiresias, states that the two brothers will kill each other in a battle for their late father's seat as the King of Thebes. Antigone returns to Thebes, hoping to halt this prophecy, only to discover her brothers already dead and Polyneice's body rotting in the town square.
What is the prophecy in the Odyssey Book 9?
In a curse repeated by Tiresias as a prophecy (11.125-35) and by Circe as a warning (12.148-53), Polyphemus asks Poseidon to see that Odysseus never makes it home. Or, if the Fates have already determined that he must, then may he arrive late, broken, and alone, finding great troubles in his household (9.590-95).
What is the first prophecy of the book?
“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed : it shall braise thy head, and thou shalt bmise his heel.” — Genesis, 3:15. Such is the first prophecy which occurs in Scripture.