... you are unable to host the strangers, it is your duty to "send them to someone who could host them well". (IV, 34) Lastly, Eumaios shows good hospitality, even though he is poor and doesn't have much to give to Odysseus. When Odysseus is almost attacked by the watch dogs ... Eumaios welcomes Odysseus by saying, " rudeness to a stranger is not decency, / All wanderers/ and beggars come from Zeus. What we can give is slight but well meant- all we dare," (249). Eumaios saying this shows that he is a good man and will give ... as much as he possibly can to any stranger including Odysseus. A...

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... the young prince. Telemachos goes back home and is introduced to an old beggar, who is actually his father in disguise. Eumaios, the swineherd, tells Telemachos that the beggar wants his protection. Telemachos shows that he is still insecure by saying, "Eumaios, my protection! The notion cuts me to the heart. How can I receive your friend at home? I am not old enough ... ...

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... hero. Odysseus is the epitome of honor and virtue for his Ithacan subjects. Odysseus' kind and stalwart leadership is revealed by Eumaios, his faithful swineherd, and Philoitios, his loyal cowherd, who have both remained loyal to him for twenty years. Eumaios praises Odysseus as "A rare fine master." "Indeed I do not mourn so much for them as for him [Odysseus], though I long to ... ...

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... focuses his attention on Odysseus's interaction with the people from Ithaka, in particular his son Telemachus and his wife Penelope. Beginning with the meeting of Odysseus with the faithful shepherd, Eumaios, climaxing at his reuniting with Penelope and winding down with him donning on armor with his son, Telemachus, the majority of the books focus on Odysseus's interactions with his family ... ...

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... to trust and understand his destiny, accomplish it, and then he can move forward. In Book Seventeen, Odysseus displays how he has evolved as a person once more. When he and Eumaios make their way to town, they run into the disloyal goatherd Melanthios. As they pass, Melanthios begins to taunt the pair, "Here comes one scurvy type leading another [ ] Swineherd, where ... ...

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... beggar to discover those who have remained loyal to his family and how to overthrow the slovenly suitors. Slowly Odysseus sets up a situation in the barricaded courtyard where he, Telemachus, Eumaios and Philoitios are armed and the suitors unarmed. Odysseus responds to every adversity he is faced with throughout the poem with calculated resourcefulness, which allows him to always be successful ... ...

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... with Odysseus. The Phaeacians hospitably receive Odysseus. He relates his ten years of wandering during The festival dinner. A Phaeacian ship drops Odysseus off on Ithaca. Odysseus stays with the swineherd Eumaios and later reveals his identity to his Son Telemachus. ...

• Word Count: 294
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• Grade Level: High School