Contented and quite happy in The Odyssey, Menelaus' has
very fond memories of Odysseus. Along with his wife Helen, both regale Telemachus and
Peisistratus with stories of Odysseus' guile and courage. Fundamentally, it is evident
in Book Four that Menelaus considers Odysseus very important in the Greek victory over
the Trojans. After Helen drugs everyone into talking "happy thoughts," Menelaus talks
about Odysseus role in the Trojan Horse campaign and how he helped keep the men focused
when Helen tried to distract them with the voices of their wives. For her part, Helen,
quite surprisingly, talks about how she kept Odysseus' identity secret during a spying
mission where he collected valuable intelligence to take back to the Greeks. It would
be natural to see that Menelaus shared this same opinion. There is a great deal of
reverence for Odysseus present in this book, something that impacts his son, causing him
to tear up at the mention of his lost father.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
In Book 4, what is Menelaus’ opinion of Odysseus in The Odyssey?
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