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As you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one...

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 06:05:40 +0000

Tomorrow I am leaving for a while, a family travel I dreamed of for many years should become true.
Stay well, stay healthy and......Love to all.❤️
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A poem for you.

As you set out for Ithaka
hope the voyage is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them:
you’ll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare excitement
stirs your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
unless your soul sets them up in front of you.

Hope the voyage is a long one.
May there be many a summer morning when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you come into harbors seen for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,
sensual perfume of every kind—
as many sensual perfumes as you can;
and may you visit many Egyptian cities
to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars.

Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you are destined for.
But do not hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you are old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.

Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you would not have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.

And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.

Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis (Από τα Ποιήματα 1897-1933, Ίκαρος 1984Translated by Edmund Keeley/Philip Sherrard

9. Μέντορι εἰδομένη ἠμὲν δέμας ἠδὲ καὶ αὐδήν (Ihaka in peace once more)

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:45:45 +0000

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May We all find peace in our personal Ithaka.........this is my WISH!
HAPPY WEEK.............hugs and LoVe. AM

A special THANK to my GREEK FRIENDS and to their WONDERFUL COUNTRY!

9.
Book XXIII-XXIV en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey
The next day he and Telemachus visit the country farm of his old father Laertes, who likewise accepts his identity only when Odysseus correctly describes the orchard that Laertes once gave him.

The citizens of Ithaca have followed Odysseus on the road, planning to avenge the killing of the Suitors, their sons. Their leader points out that Odysseus has now caused the deaths of two generations of the men of Ithaca—his sailors, not one of whom survived, and the suitors, whom he has now executed.

The goddess Athena intervenes and persuades both sides to give up the vendetta.

After this, Ithaca is at peace once more, concluding the Odyssey.

8. Εὐρύκλεια

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:32:57 +0000

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8.
Book XII - XXII en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey
He finds his way to the hut of one of his own former slaves, the swineherd Eumaeus. Odysseus disguises himself as a wandering beggar in order to learn how things stand in his household.

After dinner, he tells the farm laborers a fictitious tale of himself: he had led a party of Cretans to fight alongside other Greeks in the Trojan War, and had then spent seven years at the court of the king of Egypt; finally he had been shipwrecked in Thesprotia and crossed from there to Ithaca.

Meanwhile, Telemachus sails home from Sparta, evading an ambush set by the suitors. He disembarks on the coast of Ithaca and makes for Eumaeus’s hut.

Father and son meet; Odysseus identifies himself to Telemachus and they determine that the suitors must be killed. Telemachus gets home first.
Accompanied by Eumaeus, Odysseus now returns to his own house, still pretending to be a beggar. He experiences the suitors’ rowdy behavior and plans their death.

He meets Penelope and tests her intentions with an invented story of his birth in Crete, where, he says, he once met Odysseus. Closely questioned, he adds that he had recently been in Thesprotia and had learned something there of Odysseus’s recent wanderings.

Odysseus’s identity is discovered by the housekeeper, Eurycleia, as she is washing his feet and discovers an old scar Odysseus received during a boar hunt; he swears her to secrecy.

7. Καλυψώ...(He was washed ashore on the island of Calypso)

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:10:32 +0000

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HAPPY WEEKEND ALL:)

7.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey
Book XII

He was washed ashore on the island of Calypso, where she compelled him to remain as her lover for seven years before escaping.

She desired to make him her immortal husband.

Athena asked Zeus to spare Odysseus of his torment on the island, as he wanted to go to his homeland and see his beloved wife.

Zeus sent Hermes, the messenger of the gods, to tell Calypso to release Odysseus. As Zeus was the Lord of the gods, she was unable to refuse him, although she did not wish to let him go.
After Odysseus left, Calypso was said to commit suicide, but being immortal, she just went through horrible pain.

Odysseus builds a raft and is given clothing, food and drink by Calypso.
The Phaeacians, who are skilled mariners, agree to help Odysseus get home.
They deliver him at night, while he is fast asleep, to a hidden harbor on Ithaca.

6. Strait of Scylla and Charybdis.

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:13:02 +0000

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6.
Synopses of Book XI - poseidon64.tripod.com/Odyssey.html
Odysseus evokes the spirits of Hades as he reaches the gloomy gates. The first ghost he sees is Elpenor who tells his former captain to go back to Aeaea and give him a proper burial. Teiresias outlines the rest of Odysseus’ life. Anticlea, his mother, tells how she has died, waiting hopelessly for his return. After recalling the ghosts of many famous women, Odysseus interrupts his story, reminds his hosts of the lateness of the hour, elicits further promises of gifts and an escort. At their urging, he goes on to tell of his interview with Agamemnon and Achilles, and of seeing other great heroes.

Synopses of Book XII -
On his return to Aeaea to bury Elpenor, Odysseus gets instructions from Circe on how to handle the problems ahead. He stops his mens ears with wax and is lashed to the mast to get passed the alluring Sirens.
They then make an impossible voyage through the strait of Scylla and Charybdis. They lose six men to Scylla, who has six dog heads, in contrast to losing everyone plus the ship to Charybdis. They land on the isle of the sun god, Helios. Odysseus’ men disregard his warnings and eat the sacred cattle.

This sacrilege was punished by a shipwreck in which all but Odysseus drowned.

5. Circe's Island (Κίρκη)

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 08:21:40 +0000

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Happy weekend:)

5.
Book X poseidon64.tripod.com/Odyssey.html
These men who have been beaten to a pulp, but not done getting punished arrive at the isle of Aeaea .
Half of his men go off in search of food and are bewitched by the sorceress Circe and turned into pigs. Hermes helps Odysseus and gives him the magical root moly, which only gods can uproot, to protect him from the witch's magic.
Odysseus overpowers Circe and forces her to turn his men back and remains as her guest for a year. Circe tells him how to get down to Hades where he must consult the dead prophet Teiresias. When the crew is instructed to get ready Elpenor falls off the roof to his death.
Book XI -
Odysseus evokes the spirits of Hades as he reaches the gloomy gates. The first ghost he sees is Elpenor who tells his former captain to go back to Aeaea and give him a proper burial. Teiresias outlines the rest of Odysseus’ life. Anticlea, his mother, tells how she has died, waiting hopelessly for his return. After recalling the ghosts of many famous women, Odysseus interrupts his story, reminds his hosts of the lateness of the hour, elicits further promises of gifts and an escort. At their urging, he goes on to tell of his interview with Agamemnon and Achilles, and of seeing other great heroes.

4. Guests of Aeolus (Αἴολος)

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:27:05 +0000

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4.
Book IX- X
poseidon64.tripod.com/Odyssey.html
Sailing from Troy (Ilium)with 12 ships his army landed in Thrace and sacked the Ciconian city of Ismarus. Driven by the tempests past Cape Malea, they reach Lotophagi land, the home of the lotus plant. Unfortunately some the men ate the lotus which made them forget their homeland and families, and had to be dragged back to work.

They then came across the island of the Cyclopes. Odysseus took twelve men with him and waited in a cave of a Cyclops to study them and to get the presents that were due to them. Polyphemus drove his sheep inside, then ate two of Odysseus's men for supper. The next morning he had another two for breakfast, then took his flocks out and left. On Polyphemus' return Odysseus and six other survivors put into effect a perfect plan: they got him drunk and gouged out his eye with heated stake. Cunning Odysseus also tricked his Polyphemus's neighbours into thinking the blinded Cyclops was sick. The men then tied themselves under the bellies of the sheep and when Polyphemus opened the cave to let them out, the humans escaped. While on their escape, Odysseus couldn't resist telling Polyphemus his real name. Polyphemus prayed to his father Poseidon to have revenge on Odysseus for blinding him.
Book X
The weary and somewhat smaller crew are guests for a month on the island of Aeolus, keeper of the winds. When they leave Odysseus has a special gift: all the winds are tied up in one bag, except the one they need to get home. Odysseus doesn't sleep untill he can't stay awake any longer(just as Ithaca is in sight). His greedy and jealous men wonder what's in the bulging bag that Odysseus has and they decide to open it. The winds go round and round and blow the now hopeless crew away to a strange harbour where the eleven ships drop anchor. All the men except Odysseus and his immediate crew are lunch to the Laestrygonians.

3. Scheria (Σχερία)

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:21:38 +0000

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3.
Synopses of Book V-VIII in The Odyssey. poseidon64.tripod.com/Odyssey.html
Up on Mount Olympus, home of the gods, Poseidon is returing from his journey and is mad at Odysseus.
The god rouses a storm so powerful it breaks the raft to splinters.
Odysseus spends and additional two days at sea when he reaches the shore of Scheria, kisses the land, crawls under the shelter of some olive trees and falls asleep.

Athene visits Princess Nausicaa in a dream prodding her to take the responsibilities of a woman now that she's at a marrieagable age, Nausicaa asks her father, King Alcinous of Scheria, for a wagon so she can go do the laundry at the washing cisterns.
VI:
When Nausicaa and her friends are done washing they play ball and by accident awaken the unknown Odysseus. In a wonderful speech he tells Nausicaa how beautiful she is, then asks for help. The girls wash and feed the dirty man then give him a tunic to wear. Nausicaa is impressed by his manliness and tells him how to get into town and appeal to her mother for hospitality.
VII
Again Athene helps him by disguising herself as a Phaeacian and leading him to the palace of Alcinous where Odysseus throws himself on the mercy of Queen Arete. Arete notices that she has made the clothes that Odysseus is wearing then asks him how he got to Phaecia and then to Scheria. .................The King is so impressed he offers his daughter's hand in marriage to Odysseus; Alcinous promises him help in getting home if he prefers that alternative.
VIII
Next day there is a feast and athletic competition in Odysseus's honour. Odysseus is taunted and teased by a young Phaeacian, who mistakes him for a merchant incapable of physical activity. Odysseus shows him by throwing a record breaking discus. The Phaeacians give Odysseus numerous gifts, and Nausicaa begs him to remember how he owes his safety to her.

Odysseus asks Demodocus to sing of the Trojan Horse at the feast, then the lost King of Ithaca starts to weep.
Seeing this King Alcinous asks Odysseus to tell him about himself.

2. Nestor's Palace.

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:17:43 +0000

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2.
Synopses of Book III and IV ( poseidon64.tripod.com/Odyssey.html )
The next morning the ship arrives at the mainland of Pylos; Telemachus and the disguised goddess take part in a hecatomb(?) to the ocean god Poseidon.

King Nestor tells numerous stories about the battles and the return of other heroes at Troy, but knows nothing of the great Odysseus. Athena vanishes into thin air. Nestor is impressed that Prince Telemachus is being helped by the gods, and sends his own son, Peisistratus, to accompany Telemachus on a trip to Sparta to visit King Menelaus and Helen.

The two young men are entertained by the King Menelaus and Queen Helen, who tell of the times with Odysseus in the battles at Troy.

1. Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, πολύτροπον ὃς μάλα πολλά πλάγχθη, ἐπεί Τροίης πτολίεθρον ἔπερσεν

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:38:41 +0000

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[Re-post]
NEW PROJECT: I want to show you some photos, linked to a synopsis of Homers ODYSSEY ( IN 9 parts)
HOPE YOU ARE PATIENT:D

Tell me, O Muse, of the man of many devices, who wandered full many ways after he had sacked the sacred citadel of Troy. (Odyssey) Homer

poseidon64.tripod.com/Odyssey.html

Synopses of Book I in The Odyssey.
The poet or narrator “invokes the Muse” asking her to start her story wherever she chooses, of our hero, Odysseus, who has travelled far and wide after the Trojan war. You see, Poseidon, who has kept Odysseus away from his land, Ithaca, is gone. The gods agree it’s time to let him come home. Athena descends to Ithaca, disguised as King Mentes, to talk with Telemachus, Odysseus’ son. The house is full of rowdy young men that are eating him out of house and home under the pretext of courting his mother, Penelope, who has not made up her mind about remarrying. Mentes or Athena predicts Odysseus’ return, prompts Telemachus to give up boyhood, act like a man, present his case to the assembly, and take strong steps to ascertain his father’s whereabouts. When Penelope comes down from her room to tell the bard Phemius to quit singing sad stories of Troy, Telemachus takes the chance to assert himself: he tells her to leave such matters to him, he is the master of the house.