PLEASE HELP ME The Odyssey
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Summary of Book 1-4
(23 pt)

The author, Homer , begins the epic by asking the , a goddess of poetry and music, to sing to him about . The War hero has been away from his home in for years.

While other war heroes have made it back home, Odysseus has been waylaid because the god of the sea, , is angry with him. The goddess convinces to help Odysseus on his journey home. Zeus decides to send the messenger god, , to order the nymph/goddess to release Odysseus from captivity.

In the meantime, thinking that Odysseus is dead, dozens of disrespectful
are hanging out at the king’s home, feasting on his herds and guzzling his wine, trying to convince his wife,, to marry one of them. She has remained to her husband. She tells the men she will choose one of them as a when she finishes weaving a . But she fools them for years by weaving during the and unraveling her work at .

Prince wants to rid the palace of the , but he is too young and inexperienced to run them off. Finally, the goddess comes to help him. She inspires him to go in search of his , Odysseus.