Penelope
Odysseus and the crew rescue themselves from the cyclops. Odysseus later escapes under Polyphemus' largest ram.
Odysseus was charged by Agamemnon to convince Achilles to go to war. Achilles impersonated a woman at the behest of his mother, to whom it had been prophesied that Achilles would either live a long, uneventful life or a short, glorious one. Odysseus presented the women among whom Achilles was hid with a bounty of gifts, among which where placed a few weapons. After observing one of the women taking an unusual interest in the weapons, Odysseus later sounded a battle horn, fooling Achilles into clutching for a weapon and revealing him to be the heroic soldier.
Odysseus leads his men into war against the Trojans. Later, he taunts the cyclops Polyphemus, causing Polyphemus to curse Odysseus. Still later, he leads his men into the underworld. Finally, he orders his men to sail past the Sirens, then Scylla.
Odysseus implicitly tells Telemachus not to string his bow, even though he can. Odysseus later signals Telemachus to prepare for battle after Odysseus has performed the feat of strength and skill.
The cyclops learns through a seer that he will be blinded by Odysseus. Later on, after Polyphemus is blinded, Odysseus yells his name to Polyphemus while bragging about blinding the cyclops.
Penelope
Telemachus, Odysseus' son, was among the suitors present on the day Odysseus returned to Ithaca. He challenged the suitors with the help of his father before revealing his true identity.
The suitors were challenged to string Odysseus' bow and then shoot an arrow through 12 axes. None of the suitors are able to accomplish this; the bow of Odysseus had never been strung by anyone besides him. An old man was able to accomplish it; however it was later revealed that the old man was Odysseus in disguise.
The leader of the suitors, Antinous, along with the other suitors, conspires to kill Odysseus upon his return to Ithaca. They disrespect him, mock him, and try to take over his kingdom in his absence. Ultimately, Odysseus defeats them in a final showdown.
He challenges Odysseus and of course Odysseus wins and later he kills the leader of the suitors.
Odysseus and the crew rescue themselves from the cyclops. Odysseus later escapes under Polyphemus' largest ram.
Odysseus was charged by Agamemnon to convince Achilles to go to war. Achilles impersonated a woman at the behest of his mother, to whom it had been prophesied that Achilles would either live a long, uneventful life or a short, glorious one. Odysseus presented the women among whom Achilles was hid with a bounty of gifts, among which where placed a few weapons. After observing one of the women taking an unusual interest in the weapons, Odysseus later sounded a battle horn, fooling Achilles into clutching for a weapon and revealing him to be the heroic soldier.
Odysseus helped raid Troy, and later raided the city of Ismarus, of the people known as the Cicones.
Odysseus leads his men into war against the Trojans. Later, he taunts the cyclops Polyphemus, causing Polyphemus to curse Odysseus. Still later, he leads his men into the underworld. Finally, he orders his men to sail past the Sirens, then Scylla.
Odysseus implicitly tells Telemachus not to string his bow, even though he can. Odysseus later signals Telemachus to prepare for battle after Odysseus has performed the feat of strength and skill.
The cyclops learns through a seer that he will be blinded by Odysseus. Later on, after Polyphemus is blinded, Odysseus yells his name to Polyphemus while bragging about blinding the cyclops.
Telemachus was Odysseus and Penelope's son, and was the only son mentioned in the Odyssey.They later had Poliporthes after Odysseus returned from Troy.