Odysseus spares the lives of the minstrel Phemius and Medon the herald.
Odysseus also spared the life of the cyclops Polyphemus, because he needed Polyphemus to open the door to his cave so that he and his men could escape.
None of the suitors' lives are spared; Odysseus and his party kill them all. Odysseus does spare Phemius the minstrel, and Medon the herald.
Odysseus spares the lives of the minstrel Phemius and Medon the herald.
Odysseus spares Phemios and Medon
Odysseus fought with the Greeks against the Trojans.
Odysseus was trying to kill them all. Only by killing Odysseus could they save their own lives.
Odysseus does not spare any of the suitors' lives. He does spare the minstrel Phemius and Medon the herald.
None of the suitors' lives are spared; Odysseus and his party kill them all. Odysseus does spare Phemius the minstrel, and Medon the herald.
Odysseus spares the lives of the minstrel Phemius and Medon the herald.
Odysseus spares Phemios and Medon
Odysseus fought with the Greeks against the Trojans.
Odysseus makes it home to Ithaca, and lives.
Phemius, the singer, and Medon, the herald.
All of the gods except Poseidon have agreed to spare Odysseus's life.
Eumaeus
Odysseus' men plunder Ismarus, taking women, wine, and other booty. They spare Maron, the priest of Apollo, and treat him respectfully.
Hyperions
Odysseus got the idea.