Dr. Emily Hauser
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard 26 Jul
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An old beggar.
And everyone's surprised.
The suitors are sneering.
Nobody thinks that an old beggar would have a chance of stringing the bow, let alone being Penelope's husband.
However, he persuades them to let him have a go.
Telemachus steps forward, says, no, let him have it.
And he reaches for the bow and he strings it like a bard stringing a lyre.
He sounds the string of the bow and it sings out like a bird.
Extraordinary beautiful moment where Odysseus the bard has now become Odysseus the archer.
He picks up the bow and as he does so, the disguise sheds from him.
He becomes Odysseus once more and he shoots the arrow through the axes and the slaughter of the suitors begins.
He is certainly one of the first.
I can't remember if he's the very first, but he is certainly the person that Odysseus has his sights set on.
And at this point, we then go straight into the action of needing to get rid of the suitors.
No, there is more of it.
I mean, you know, these are epics that were born in kind of glorifying warfare and preserving the memory of heroes who did some really bloody deeds.
And I mean, if anyone's read any of the Iliad, you know, you'll know that there's plenty of kind of, you know, brains and blood and guts there.
So absolutely, we're given quite a lot of details.
So what Odysseus does is, remember, he's already got Eurycleia on his side.
Eurycleia is an important player in this because she, as well as being the kind of enslaved nurse, she's also the housekeeper.
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