Video SparkNotes: Homer's The Odyssey summary, part 3

Check out part III of Homer's The Odyssey Video SparkNote: Quick and easy Odyssey synopsis, analysis, and discussion of major characters and themes in the epic poem. For more Odyssey resources, go to www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey.

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sparknotes has taught me more than my teachers ever will

[@austinbevis4266]

The teacher doesn’t read the book for you

[@kaylieepstein5394]

straight facts

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[@mattkyle306]

This is sure helpful when your AP English Teacher assigns a translated version of the Odyssey to read in two weeks and you haven't been keeping up and you continue to procrastinate until the day before you have to write a short essay in class based on three topics the teacher will reveal on that day and you have to read 200+ pages and still need to watch that night's episode of The Walking Dead. Man, this saved me.

[@sweetizzy123]

same

[@GavinRemme]

Yeah i did that and got caught for plagiarism because i followed it too closely.

[@mesallemulat9948]

I know right I have to read this and watch the walking dead.

[@fcbchris7]

sexy

[@wooba849]

Matthew Kyle how did you get into an AP English class, man?

[@luismercado3728]

In summary, everyone does not recognize Odysseus at first

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😂

[@Rajj854]

Omitted to mention that Odysseus’s old dog Argus recognised him immediately.

[@masoudsarvin6117]

Man's best friend. 😁

[@montanamclennan4127]

That is one old dog

[@skyet8641]

There was also 2 recognition scenes between Odysseus dog, Argus, and his nurse, Eurycleia. When Argus sees Odysseus who's in disguise, the dog still recognises Odysseus. Argus, after finally being reunited with his owner 20 years later, dies from old age. Odysseus sheds a tear. Next, he goes to the palace. Penelope offers him a servent to look after him as part of Xenia, and Odysseus asks specifically for Eurycleia. When Eurycleia pours his bath and bathes him, she remarks how much he reminds her of Odysseus. She then finds a scar on Odysseus' leg, a scar caused by a boar when he was young, and Eurycleia realises who he is. Odysseus has to threaten her to keep his identity a secret so that he can take revenge on the suitors.

[@TrisketsCheese]

Odysseus- "I am your father." Telemachus- "No! That's not true! That's impossible!"

[@Thx1138sober]

and I built 3-CPO out of spare parts as a child

[@TrisketsCheese]

@@Thx1138sober Now that's just contrived.

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[@TrisketsCheese]

@@Thx1138sober I got the reference

[@carsonbiondi8932]

Jokes from six years ago....

[@AGJ117]

5:11. Wait till he tells you that he slept with 2 other women/goddesses. Oh, he doesn't? Okay then.

[@erikleith4670]

Ag Jr lol he was like I’m going home and then sleeps with calypso, (I would to tho I heard she a lil baddie)

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@@erikleith4670 I be buiuviuibuih b Iuiuiui

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lmao ikr

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i got Literature finals tomorrow. This will help me. Thank You Sparknotes!

[@canines]

sameee my dude

[@joshualklein]

@@canines lol your 2 years late im 5 years late man prolly has a family now

[@canines]

Joshua Klein lmaooo that’s hella funny

[@raxmax1421]

2:15 I wish my dad would plot revenge with me...

[@fabrizoluggerious6855]

You do a really good job summarizing these stories.

[@adamoliver3211]

As a college student who has to read the odyssey. Thank god for spark notes and cliff notes! Why I have to read the odyssey to get my degree in buisness management I do not know.

[@SolracCAP]

To be as cutthroat as Odysseus!

[@BalleBaest]

These videos are awesome! I really needed a summary like this for my examen in Ancient Greek culture :)

[@BubblesAndChi]

FINALLY! I have been struggling to even get past the first page of the story, much less follow it until I watched these videos! Thank you guys so much, I was seriously having hard time reading this stupid story, I can't thank you enough! Now I can uphold my A in English Class! (:

[@abrahamg5510]

You should have tried to read it even if you didn't understand at first i find it to be much more rewarding in the end.

[@ellzie9493]

You guys are the only reason I’m passing my honors 9th grade lit class

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You guys might have just saved my life

[@plasmanarwhal]

I'm glad that he didn't forget to mention Philoeteus the cowherd. I also like how Laertes looks like he's ready to go on a safari.

[@laurenmackenzie691]

Thank you so much for this! I am having so much trouble reading the book and can't understand it but this helps a lot!

[@StoltzBeast]

this beats reading the book and reading the long sparknotes

[@alishubber7043]

Facts

[@Funzer789]

Got ela exam 2marrow morning in. NY state this helped 3-) long live spark notes

[@aayeshaa5269]

Thanks for explaining this in an interesting way! Your videos are a lifesaver for my exams❤

[@itcamefromthecloud]

Thank u so much for these summaries!!

[@AngelMeow10]

Im so thankful for this. I cant understand the version in my text too well..but this is perfect. Ill have to use it when we read Romeo and Juliet.

[@CNVRSKDAJW]

This was *Outstanding*

[@Belicure]

Thank you so much! You've helped me with my finals!

[@LetsLeaveSomeCoffeeRings]

I need ro thank you. I think you just saved me this semester

[@icy8000]

Im so happy this exists

[@Mysticsloth]

athena sure likes to appear as male.. XP

[@KaitheKnightly]

+Axan Naxa Well she was made from a part of Zues' brain. Therefore she has the brain of a male. :)

[@auail5594]

+geekgoddess2.0 How do you explain Aphrodite's qualities then?

[@aen-gireen9805]

Gods don't REALLY have a sex

[@carsynlevitt4246]

It's because during this time she would not be trusted as much as she is if she was female.

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@@KaitheKnightly no wonder shes smart

[@Magar6]

Thank you very much for uploading. Well done!

[@soggymuffin73]

These stories are great, but they’re so hard to read. Thank you for helping me.

[@raininghoney]

Great refresher before my midterm! Thanks! :)

[@randomfroghere7678]

THE GRILS FACE AT 3:02 LMAO

[@odysseyofjason]

THE KING'S HEAD AT 0:12 WTF?

[@KendrixTermina]

the family that plots vengeance together, stays together...

[@ranah3522]

Thank you so much you really helped me!

[@ivanakuric3031]

Thanks for this useful video - very informative !!

[@AB-dg2tb]

Killing all the servant girls? Harsh...

[@leilanigutierrez4839]

He didn't kill all of them, the story said he killed the disloyal ones. But still this is greek/roman mythology so a lot of things are harsh.

[@PunkPixieStudios]

I have a quiz on this and forgot my book. Thanks for the video😁

[@stephaniefrost4910]

This is book XIII- XXIV (book 13 through 24) there are 24 books total

[@InfinityFN]

The didn’t recognize odessyeus at first. Nice

[@MuffinQueenLa]

@SkiFantic I'm actually watching this after I've already read the Odyssey for my college lit class, but I have to do a project on it. I'm using this to review. Not everyone uses tools like this to cheat and be lazy.

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Sending love and support from Massachusetts College of Art & Design ✌️😂

[@DaKooter69]

Thx I knew nothing about the odyssey and I have to righ a essay about it and now I know

[@Digital_Lich]

Me too.

[@DaKooter69]

Do u live in Oklahoma

[@Digital_Lich]

Nope. Washington state not D.C.

[@DaKooter69]

Ahhh I thought it might be a state test or something. Do you have to talk it for finals? Cause I do

[@Digital_Lich]

No I don't have to take it for Finals Just a big paper, test and other little things here and there for L.A. 9.

[@Lugia714]

YAY!!!! mow ill be able to do the project!!!!! WOOT!!!

[@SelenaLyn]

yeah, this is also part 3.

[@rotcoddlareh9953]

what does he need to do to please poseidon???

[@ninawth]

Two weeks?!?!?! I spent months reading it, and I thought my Ancient Greek wasn't that bad! Okay, I haven't been translating all day every day, but two weeks.... that's extreme!

[@SolaceEasy]

In summary, this random thing happened, and you just move forward. That random thing happens, and you just move forward. Life.

[@SolaceEasy]

As Odysseus recounts his 20 year story to his wife in bed, he tells all the details of all the women/goddesses he has slept with before he finally screws her.

[@J.E.L.2658]

Why do they kill the suitors? Don't understand it tbh

[@cblw14]

+Justin L For revenge. Odysseus is mad that the guys have been hanging out at his house and trying to marry his wife.

[@J.E.L.2658]

cblw14 still not that understandable, tbh

[@cblw14]

Yeah, it's literature hoping to excite. It's a little extreme

[@peckmangaming4579]

Because rumors had passed that they said Odyesseus was dead after the Trojan War. Since Odyesseus left, suitors tried to ask Penelope to marry them. But Penelope doesnt like one of them. In order to delay her decision to whom she will pick.Penelope said that she will need to finish weaving for Laertes Shroud Burial.. But 4 years has passed, still Penelope has not yet decided. The suitors angered and still wandering.. Athena instructed Thelemacus to organize a meeting for the suitors.Then he should sail to the kings of the Achaeans and Sparta. King Nestor in Pylos and King Menelaus. Athena warned if one them or two of them denied that his father is dead.He must put a grave and allow his mother marry one of her suitors.But if one told him his alive, he should embark his journey to find his father. Only the king of Sparta Menelaus knew his father was.Menelaus said that his father was trapped on an island and was forced to stay for 8 years.But because of the Zues pity.Athen guided him to return to his homeland. Then recognized the suitors in his house. He was instructed to compete for an arrow contest.The first one to straightly shoot the arrow the the axes arrows will win the heart of Penelope. Odyesseus won, but he started to shoot the suitors and started killing one of them.One of the servants tried to give the weapons to the suitors but they were still no match for the servants and obviously Odyesseus. Then you know the rest that happened...

[@ubetterreconize123]

I WOULD TOTALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS FIGHT SCENE!!!!

[@LazyNinja411]

@CameraCrewExtras Much easier to stay awake listening to this then reading the thing

[@aliesmailiyan9300]

please also try the Persian epic poem which are very beautiful and they have very different and amazing stores. It is called Shahnameh

[@Doodiemuffin97]

sooooooooooo much easier than reading the book

[@ellysuax3]

Thanks so much!!! This really helped!!!!

[@boohwa]

Thank sparknotes! I don't get anything about Odyssey

[@debora2546]

where was this when I had that odyssey text

[@aerionarodgers3353]

Athena is so helpful

[@paul-rs1lz]

3:54 the spear going through the guy in the far right.

[@AgentPenelopeMorgan]

This is sooo much better than reading the Odyssey. The book is so boring. At least, this video makes it somewhat interesting...

[@chaceaaron]

This is great! THANKS!

[@jobphillip7713]

Headphone users: R.I.P (B'cuz of the intro)

[@lulubelachew7079]

What about aleolus? You know, the wind guy?

[@MrRostit]

Yeah, I also thought that Odysseus gets a hoof thrown at him, not a chair, but I'm not sure

[@anthonymongelluzzo7157]

Can you make a video on James Joyce's Ulysses please?

[@genevieve3467]

The man Laertes killed at the end was Antinoös's father Eupeithês

[@chad522]

Odysseus is a boss

[@sarojgayakwad8663]

yes, nice vidio.I get the knowledge from it.

[@allkindsofcrazy4420]

When did argos come in?

[@2015071]

Odysseus is a guy good at trolling

[@Yobidefy]

damn i have to read the 384 pages of homers Odyssey, but i still prefer the book, but i like this one :))

[@rmonika97]

You are now done!!

[@hannahagbaroji5600]

very detailed

[@BboySuperFreeze]

well i guess i have to worship this video

[@dan.w.2432]

What about Argos?

[@Hey0plugins]

I'm using this to review for my final...

[@NickChristopherson]

Thanks!!!!!

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Upload a video on illiad too

[@lego2845]

antinus is the head suitor and odysseus shoots him in the neck with an arrow

[@Artivityy]

Only on chapter 5 but thanks :D

[@carsonbiondi8932]

Thanks so much

[@jddjubilantde19]

I wonder why Athena has to help Odysseus so much

[@somethingfunny9488]

She probably chose to as a goddess of war given all the war he had been through

[@ebh707]

I think my teacher is great, but this is better lol

[@SamieTrimble7]

Thank you! :)

[@johnsimson1056]

5:.40 no "fuzz"!

[@guitarlegend4405]

3:03 penelope is a derp

[@spoderman3874]

spoiler* Odysseus woke up and it was all a dream

[@ArtisticCartoons]

Thanks!

[@ChannelTheGamer]

Thank you

[@tsmith_618]

Adv English 9 we have to write the equivalent of eight pages about the book and we have a quiz on it I read the whole thing in two days

[@Sourcelighteer]

Wait.. I thought he was supposed to go appease poseidon

[@lio10g]

So thus ends thy story of Odysseues.

[@13EqualsB]

THIS TOOK A WHILE....

[@phoenixfire9554]

great!!!!!!!

[@SheIsFabulousButEvil]

I think it's an accent thing

[@Battlefield3pro]

@Aaronslayer What School

[@emily_232]

awesome!!!!!!! Like if you are a latin student!

[@emily_232]

The language you are speaking in wouldn't exist if it were not for latin.

[@emily_232]

Uncultured swine

[@emily_232]

😁

[@JadeStar321]

I think they probably read it in English, not Greek, like my English class did.

[@erostucko]

@CameraCrewExtras Better than reading the whole thing hehe

[@yasminismailova7330]

the only reason i passed english 1H

[@Jellysfrickingstuff]

Bruh. He came home and he really just decided to murder all of them? I mean I guess they tried to kill his son, but otherwise you could just kicked em out bruh lol

[@Mushyrulez]

Who's Antinus? What happened to Antinous?

[@ohcountrar]

zOMG this took forEVER

[@TrisketsCheese]

Latin 2.