Written by Guest Blogger- Telemakhos
Today Pallas Athena came down from Olympus in the form of an old sailor man to tell me to go on a quest to find news about my father, Odysseus.
The day started normally, the suitors came over to my house and annoyed my mother and stole our food. I was at sitting quietly at the table watching the suitors, when I saw a wise-looking man came to our door. As one should never leave a guest outside, I went to invite him in, and soon enough we were seated at the table with the servants filling up our glasses and plates with some of the finest food we owned. I asked where he was from and he told me he was Menthes, ruler of the seafaring Taphos, but I could tell from the grey-eyes that it was Athena in my humble presence. She told me that she knew my father, and I should try to get the suitors out of my house because they were dishonoring my father. Then, Pallas Athena sent me on a quest to find news of my father's where-abouts or death. Then I would come home and get rid of the suitors in anyway possible. And with that news transferred, Athena left the house, and left me to rid my house of the suitors and gather my crew to set sail soon. Once Athena was truly gone, I shouted at the suitors, telling them to stay away from my mother and property since my father was going to come home sometime, but they just laughed at me and left for home, since it was dark and they were tired. And once they had left, I said good night to my mother, alone in her tower, and I myself retreated to my bedroom in a tower above the house. I fell asleep thinking of the quest given to me by the Gods.
Today Pallas Athena came down from Olympus in the form of an old sailor man to tell me to go on a quest to find news about my father, Odysseus.
The day started normally, the suitors came over to my house and annoyed my mother and stole our food. I was at sitting quietly at the table watching the suitors, when I saw a wise-looking man came to our door. As one should never leave a guest outside, I went to invite him in, and soon enough we were seated at the table with the servants filling up our glasses and plates with some of the finest food we owned. I asked where he was from and he told me he was Menthes, ruler of the seafaring Taphos, but I could tell from the grey-eyes that it was Athena in my humble presence. She told me that she knew my father, and I should try to get the suitors out of my house because they were dishonoring my father. Then, Pallas Athena sent me on a quest to find news of my father's where-abouts or death. Then I would come home and get rid of the suitors in anyway possible. And with that news transferred, Athena left the house, and left me to rid my house of the suitors and gather my crew to set sail soon. Once Athena was truly gone, I shouted at the suitors, telling them to stay away from my mother and property since my father was going to come home sometime, but they just laughed at me and left for home, since it was dark and they were tired. And once they had left, I said good night to my mother, alone in her tower, and I myself retreated to my bedroom in a tower above the house. I fell asleep thinking of the quest given to me by the Gods.
Picture from www.nashville.gov/parthenon/Athena.htm
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