Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (6)

• Bow Contest and Slaughter of the Suitors (*Odyssey* 21–22)
  Trojan — Odyssey / Nostoi · Homeric — *Odyssey* 21–22 (+ Apollodorean)
• Slaughter of the Suitors (*Odyssey* 22)
  Trojan — Odyssey / return to Ithaca · Homeric — mnesterophonia isolated from the bow contest
• Leodes the Suitor-Diviner Slain (*Odyssey* 22)
  Trojan — Odyssey / mnesterophonia · Homeric — sacrificial diviner among the suitors; futile plea
• The Suitors Ambush Telemachus (*Odyssey*)
  Trojan — Odyssey / Telemachy / suitors’ plot · Homeric — Antinous’s ship lies in wait at Asteris; Athena saves the return
• Phemius the Singer Spared (*Odyssey* 22)
  Trojan — Odyssey / mnesterophonia / mercy · Homeric — Phemius pleads; Telemachus intercedes; Odysseus spares the bard
• Medon the Herald Spared (*Odyssey* 22)
  Trojan — Odyssey / mnesterophonia / mercy · Homeric — Medon hides under a chair; Telemachus saves him with Phemius

Places appearing with them

• Asteris
• Eumaeus’s steading
• Ithaca
• Megaron
• Mycenae
• Palace hall on Ithaca
• Sea between Ithaca and Samos
• Storeroom

Themes

• Binding
• Contest
• Hospitality
• Hubris
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Sacrifice
• War