How insulting!! I walk in to the Ithikan palace, (MY OWN, mind you) and I am greeted by the horrid suitors with mediocre food and equally horrible insults. One in particular, Antinoos, was exceedingly rude to me, even going to far as to disrespect me by hitting me with a bar stool! Does he have ANY idea who I am? Well, probably not considering I’m dressed in rags and my hair is long and scraggly, much to my distaste. Mark my words, when I once again reign supreme in this town, all of these brutal suitors will be forever banished from the land I worked so hard on to succeed. I know it may sound to you that I am a whiner of some sort, but I can assure you that I am not! I mean,,can you blame me? I’m a war hero of celebrity status and here I am standing in my own home being his by my one of a kind pieces of furniture!!! Unbelievable, is all I can say, and fortunately, my wife thought so too, asking that I be sent up to her wing, so she could hear the elaborate stories my beggar character has to tell. Readers, I’m sure you have now heard enough of my complaining, so here’s a quick update from my son (!) Telemekhos…
Hey guys, good to talk to you again…
Here’s a quick recap of what’s been going on lately:
As much as I didn’t want to, Eumaios and I left my father in out secret hut while we returned to the palace, much to the delight of my (teary eyed) mother, Lady Penelope. Sitting down to one of the palaces deliciously familiar meals, mom asked, me about Odysseus, and as much as it kills me to lie to her, I have to for the sake of our plan. I vaguely describe the news I have heard of Odysseus from the people of Pylos and Sparta, but nothing more. Our plan is almost sabotaged, however, when the idiot Theoklymenos, insists to my mother that he has seen Odysseus with his own eyes in Eumaios’ hut!! In a panic, I dismiss the thought indifferently, praying that my mom believes me and not Theoklymenos, which of course she did…but that was a close call, one in which I hope never to experience again.
That’s all we have for today, but hopefully, we will be reporting back to you soon.
Odysseus & Telemekhos
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