with a cunning plan. Odysseus clearly only broke one rule set by Aristotle, so that alone might entitle him to be an artist of revenge in Aristotles eyes.Odysseus second great avenge plot starts when he left his home in Ithaca to fight against the Trojans in the war. After being in battle for ten years, he was also held captive on the island of Ogygia by the goddess Calypso for ten years. It has now been twenty years since he has been away from his home, his wife, and his son that was born shortly after he departed for war. At this point Odysseus is extremely homesick. He has had to go through many trials and tribulations, just to reach his island. Most of Odysseus triumph is due to the help from the goddess Athena. Athena also plays a major role in helping him conquer his next set of nemesis: the suitors.Zulu 4The suitors came to Odysseus house after about fifteen years after he left. His family, friends, and servants presumed that he was dead. By his wife being the link to ownership of the thrown of Ithaca, many men wanted to take his place as king. Penelope, his wife, desperately tried keep the suitors away in hopes that one day Odysseus might return. While the suitors were courting Penelope they disgraced Odysseus house. They tried to eat him out of house and home by eating all his cattle and drinking most of his wine. In those days a man interested in a woman was suppose to offer gifts and show her respect, and the man that proved worthiest won the ladies hand in marriage. Not only were the suitors being disrespectful and greedy, but they were dwindling the wealth of the estate that was supposed to be left to Odysseus son Telemachus. Suitors have latched on to my mother against her will,They shrink from going to her father Icarius house so that they could arrange his daughters dowery and give her to the man he likes best. Instead they gather at our house day after day, slaughtering our oxen and sheep and fat goa...
