What is a good Book 17 summary of “The Odyssey” written by Homer?
Book 17 Leaving his father behind, Telemachus enters the palace and meets back up with his mother and Eurycleia, his nurse. He meets with Theocylmenus and his crew chief in the hall and requests that the gifts given to him by Menelaus remain on the ship for now, lest the suitors steal them. He later reveals the news he has gathered from Sparta and Pylos about Odysseus but does not reveal that Odysseus is in fact waiting in Eumaeus’s hut. Theocylmenus however, pronounces that Odysseus is in Ithaca at that moment. After Telemachus has entered the palace and spoken with Penelope, Odysseus and Eumaeus set out for the palace on their own. One of the suitors’ companions sees them and physically assaults Odysseus (in the disguise of a beggar once more). When they arrive at the palace, Odysseus is treated similarly poorly and is barely able to receive food, insulting him repeatedly. Antinous hits Odysseus with a stool after he insults him in turn and even the other suitors are upset. Penelope
