A Summery on 'Stranger at the Gates'
When morning came, Telemachus went and told the swine-herd, he was going to go see his mother, for surely that would ease her morning. So he set out, to see his beloved mother, and he sent the swine-herd to take the beggar to town, that he might beg his meal.
As Telemachus approached his home, his nurse Eurycleia and the rest of Odysseus' maids saw him, they all embraced him and greeted him eagerly. Then they quickly took him to his mother Penelope, who was overjoyed to see him as well. Telemachus told Penelope of his journey to see Nestor and Menelaus, and how Odysseus was held by Calypso. Telemachus also told his mother, that revenge would soon fall on all the suiters, but Penelope was too grieved to believe it.
So Odysseus and the swine-herd made their way to Odysseus old home, they passed Argos, the king's old dog and it broke his heart to see Argos in such bad conditions.
When they got there, Athena told Odysseus to beg from the suiters so they could tell good from bad. So Odysseus did and recieved a few crumbs, the suiters were all confused though, because none of them had ever seen or heard of this beggar. But immediately Antionous began to throw insults at the poor beggar. Patient Odysseus began to tell them about his journey of troubles, but Antinous quickly cut him off. Odysseus, patience lost, began to insult Antinous equally, which enraged Antinous, so he picked up a stool and threw it at Odysseus, but he held strong, and Antinous didn't even knock the beggar off the path.
As soon as Penelope heard of these events, she quickly sent for the swine-herd, and told him to bring the beggar, so she could ask him about her husband. But Odysseus told the swine-herd to tell Penelope to wait until nightfall, so they could talk in private.
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