What happens in book 8 of The Odyssey?

In Book 8, Alcinous instructs his people to prepare a ship and crew for Odysseus, whose name they still do not know. While preparations are made, they will enjoy feasting and athletic competitions. He calls for the minstrel Demodocus, who makes Odysseus cry when he sings about the battle between Odysseus and Achilles.

What is the conflict in book 8 of The Odyssey?

In fact, the main conflict of the epic is how Odysseus must reckon with the greedy and ignoble suitors who have overrun his estate in his absence.

What happens in books 5/8 of The Odyssey?

All gods, except Poseidon, have gathered again on Olympus, and Athena once more advocates Odysseus’ case. Zeus agrees to send his son Hermes immediately to Ogygia to liberate Odysseus from Calypso. Zeus advises Athena to help Telemachus return home unharmed, escaping the suitors’ ambush.

How does book 8 of The Odyssey end?

Just as Telemachus’s tears reveal his identity to Menelaus, Odysseus’s tears give him away to Alcinous.

What is the setting for book 8 of The Odyssey?

Summary: Book 8 At the assembly, Alcinous proposes providing a ship for his visitor so that the man can return to his homeland. The measure is approved, and Alcinous invites the counselors to his palace for a feast and celebration of games in honor of his guest.

What happens in Book 9 of The Odyssey?

Odysseus and his crew finally escape, having lost six men per ship. A storm sent by Zeus sweeps them along for nine days before bringing them to the land of the Lotus-eaters, where the natives give some of Odysseus’s men the intoxicating fruit of the lotus.

What happens in Book 7 of The Odyssey?

Summary: Book 7 On his way to the palace of Alcinous, the king of the Phaeacians, Odysseus is stopped by a young girl who is Athena in disguise. She offers to guide him to the king’s house and shrouds him in a protective mist that keeps the Phaeacians, a kind but somewhat xenophobic people, from harassing him.