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Q: Why does Odysseus spare the lives of phemios and medon?
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Which men did Odysseus spare from slaughter?

Odysseus spares Phemios and Medon


Why does Odysseus spare the lives of two of the suitors?

Odysseus does not spare any of the suitors' lives. He does spare the minstrel Phemius and Medon the herald.


What two men did Odysseus spare in the fight with the suitors?

Odysseus spares the lives of the minstrel Phemius and Medon the herald.


Which suitors' lives are spared by Odysseus in the Odyssey?

None of the suitors' lives are spared; Odysseus and his party kill them all. Odysseus does spare Phemius the minstrel, and Medon the herald.


Who was the suitor that telemachus asked Odysseus to spare?

Phemius, the singer, and Medon, the herald.


Whose lives does Odysseus spare?

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.


Whom did Odysseus spare death?

Odysseus spares the cyclops Polyphemus' life, rather than risk further casualties. He also spares Circe's life in exchange for her promising to do no harm to him and go to bed with him. When he gets back to Ithaca, he spares Phemius the minstrel, and Medon the herald.


What statements is true at the point in the story when Odysseus leaves Calypso's island?

All of the gods except Poseidon have agreed to spare Odysseus's life.


What do Odysseus' men do at Ismarus?

Odysseus' men plunder Ismarus, taking women, wine, and other booty. They spare Maron, the priest of Apollo, and treat him respectfully.


How does Eurymachus try to persuade Odysseus to spare the lives of suitors?

Eurymachus admits that the suitors were wrong but tries to blame all of the suitors' evils on Antinous, the worst of them. He also offers to have the suitors repay Odysseus for all of the food and damages, and also pay a fine of 20 oxen, while paying him silver and gold until he forgives them. Eurymachus is not successful.


What are five images from Odysseus' battle with the suitors?

Odysseus shooting Antinous in the throat as he is eating an apple.Eurymachus pleading with Odysseus to spare their lives.Eurymachus being shot in the breast and dyingTelemachus stabbing a man in the back through the chest with his spearAthena appearing as Mentor before them.


What did the greek gods like to do in there spare time?

Mess with mortal's lives.