Where we are: Telemachus sails to Pylos to seek news of his father. What he really finds is an education in public leadership—how to speak,…
Service, War, Fatherhood, and Return to the Ancient Path
Where we are: Telemachus sails to Pylos to seek news of his father. What he really finds is an education in public leadership—how to speak,…
Telemachus, newly emboldened by Athene’s counsel, calls an assembly and names two evils: the loss of his father and, more pressing, the suitors who violate…
Book One functions almost like a prologue or summary, foreshadowing major episodes to come—Odysseus’ captivity with Kalypso, his encounter with the Cyclops, and other trials.…