The Odyssey and the Tales of Troy - Part 1

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Christopher Fitton 0:31
With the release of the new Odyssey film coming up. I've decided to read a version of the Odyssey. That also includes the tales of Troy. I studied the Odysseus School. But it's been many years. Since I read the story. In the first part We start with Telemachus. Now on the verge of becoming a man. And he still waits for Odysseus's return. A mysterious stranger brings him good news. And he decides to confront the suitors of his mother Penelope. Who want to take the kingdom? Of Odysseus. For their own. I'll create a playlist in the description. So you can keep up with all parts as it's released. And you should be able to subscribe. To that playlist too. I hope you enjoy it. And let's begin. Part one How telemicus? The son of Odysseus was moved to go on a voyage in search of his father, and how he heard from Menelaus and Helen the tale of Troy.
Christopher Fitton 1:52
This is the story of Odysseus, the most renowned of all the heroes the Greek poets have told of us, of Odysseus, the most His wars and wanderings.

What does the host say about the upcoming Odyssey film and why read the full story?

Christopher Fitton 2:05
And the story of Odysseus. Begins with his son. The youth who was called Telemachus. It was when Telemachus was a child of a month old that As a messenger. came from Agamemnon. The great king. Bidding Odysseus. Betake himself. to the war against Troy, that the kings and princesses of Greece were about to wage. The wise Odysseus, foreseeing the disasters, that would befall all that entered the war, was loth to go. And so when Agamemnon's messenger came to the island of Ithaca. Where he was king. Odysseus. Pretended to be mad. And that the messenger, Panamedes, might believe he was mad in need. He did a thing that no man ever saw being done before. He took an ass and an ox, and yoked them together to the same plough,
Christopher Fitton 3:16
and began to plough a field.

How is Telemachus introduced and what motivates him to confront the suitors?

Christopher Fitton 3:19
And when he had ploughed a furrow, he sewed it. not with seeds that would grow, but with salt When Panamides saw him doing this, he was nearly persuaded that Odysseus was mad. But to test him, he took the child Telemachus and lead him down in the field, in the way of the plough. Odysseus, when he came near to where the child lay, Turned the plough aside, said And therefore showed him that he was not a madman. Then he had to take King Agamemnon's summons. And Agamemnon's word was that Odysseus should go to Ornis. where the ships of the kings and princesses of Greece were being gathered, but first he was to go into another country to seek the hero Achines and persuade him also to enter the war against Troy.
Christopher Fitton 4:26
And so Odysseus. bade goodbye to his infant son, Telemachus, and to his young wife, Penelope, and to his father, old Laatres, and he made goodbye to his house and his lands, and to the island of Ithaca. Where he was king. He summoned a council of the chief men of Ithaca. and commanded to their care his wife and his child and all his household. And thereafter. He took his sanas. and his fighting men with him, and he sailed away. The years went by. And Odysseus. Did not return. After ten years. The city was taken by the kings and princesses of Greece. And the threat of all. Was wound up. But still. Odysseus did not return. And now minstrels came to Ithaca. With a word of the deaths or the homecomings of the heroes who had fought in the war against Troy.
Christopher Fitton 5:41
but a no minstrel. brought any word of Odysseus. Of his death. All of his appearance in any land known to men. Ten years more went by. And now that infant son Whom he had left behind? Tanalicus. Had grown up. And was a young man of strength and purpose. Chapter two One day. As he sat sad and disconsolate. In the house of his father. The youth Telemachus Saw a stranger. Come to the outer gate. There were many in the court outside, who But a new one.

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