SLAUGHTER IN THE HALL Book 22
PLOT SUMMARY Odysseus takes his revenge on the
suitors. He lays down the law He is helped by several friends and
slays all of the suitors.
Telemachus Athena Eumaeus Philoetius
ALLIES OF ODYSSEUS
(Suitors) Antonious Eurymachus Melanthius
ENEMIES OF ODYSSEUS
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Telemachus kills Amphinomus Athena test the strength of Odysseus by not
joining the battle until the end.
Odysseus spares only the minstrel Phemius
and the herald Medon, unwilling participants in the suitors' profligacy. The priest Leodes begs unsuccessfully for mercy.
This book is ridiculous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ryPUJyQf6g A brief clip to parallel this scene from “The
Odyssey”