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Son of Odysseus and Penelope.
Who is Telemachus?
μνηστωρ
suitor
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διος
godlike - Odysseus
τὸν δ᾽ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς:
‘Τηλέμαχ᾽, οὔ σε ἔοικε φίλον πατέρ ἔνδον ἐόντα
οὔτε τι θαυμάζειν περιώσιον οὔτ᾽ ἀγάασθαι:
And Odysseus of many counsels, answered him, saying Telemachus, it is not fitting for you, when you dear father is here at home To either marvel greatly or be amazed.
Swineherd
Eumaeus
clouds
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How many from Same?
πολυτλας
long-suffering - Odysseus
νῦν αὖ δεῦρ᾽ ἱκόμην ὑποθημοσύνῃσιν Ἀθήνης,
ὄφρα κε δυσμενέεσσι φόνου πέρι βουλεύσωμεν.
And now again I came here on the advice of Athena
So we could deliberate about the slaughter of our enemies
Wife of Odysseus
Penelope
λιην
excessively
20
How many from Zakynthos?
πολυμητις
many-counselled - Odysseus
αὐτὰρ ἐμὲ προτὶ ἄστυ συβώτης ὕστερον ἄξει,
πτωχῷ λευγαλέῳ ἐναλίγκιον ἠδὲ γέροντι.
But the swineherd will lead me to town first,
Looking again like a wretched old beggar.
Name of the herald
Medon
amazement
12
How many from Ithaka?
ἀγελείης
booty-bringer - Athena
‘ἐκ καπνοῦ κατέθηκ᾽, ἐπεὶ οὐκέτι τοῖσιν ἐῴκει
οἷά ποτε Τροίηνδε κιὼν κατέλειπεν Ὀδυσσεύς,
ἀλλὰ κατῄκισται, ὅσσον πυρὸς ἵκετ᾽ ἀϋτμή.
'I put them out of the smoke since they were no longer like
Those which Odysseus once left behind when he went to Troy,
But they were getting ruined, as far as the breath of the fire reaches
People who are good at boats
Phaeicians
ἠυδα
spoke
Extras from Ithaka
Herald Medon, the godlike singer, and two servants skilled at the cutting and serving of meat
πεπνυμενος - literal and sensible
having breath, sensible - Telemachus
ἀλλ᾽ ἦ τοί σε γυναῖκας ἐγὼ δεδάασθαι ἄνωγα,
αἵ τέ σ᾽ ἀτιμάζουσι καὶ αἳ νηλείτιδές εἰσιν:
But I order you to learn about the women,
the ones who mistreat you and those who are guiltless