Endearment

[brittany boven]

Book IV I really felt like I could relate to in the Odyssey. I'm
speaking of Telemakhos encounter with Menelaos. I found their
particular relationship to be very endearing. I enjoyed reading how
Menelaos was so kind to Telemakhos and because he was dear friends
with his father, treated him as a very old friend.

I can relate to this in that my own parents have many old family
friends that, personally, don't know me all that well, but because of
my parents relationship with them I am automatically dear to them.

Telemakhos shares my feelings about family friends in the following
verses:

Lord, son of Atreus, no, you must not keep me.
Not that a year with you would be too long:
I never could be homesick here--I find
Your tales and all you say so marvellous.

In the last line Telemakhos tells how he enjoys the tales about his
father, and I think that most 'kids' enjoy hearing about their parents
and the great things they did or embarrassing things as well :) And
this is how I picture that Telemakhos felt after leaving Menelaos'
home.

[Tammy]

I agree with you totally. I also have been accepted into a circle of
friends solely on the fact of who my parents are and their
relationship with each other. I liked how Menelaos accepted Telemakhos
for who he was and shared with him factual information that allowed
Telemakhos to know more about his father.

On Jun 11, 2:19 pm, brittany boven <bbove...@student.maconstate.edu>
wrote:

[Jeffery L]

Yes, and without this, the aid from Athena would have been trivial. I
thinks he needed these stories, and that is the biggest reason for his
travel to the court of Menelaos.

> > home.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -