The Red-Haired King and his Lady
THE ODYSSEY translated by Robert Fitzgerald
1. How are Telemakhos and Nestor’s son received by Menelaos?
2. How does Menelaos come to know Telemakhos’s identity?
3. What does Helen reveal of her character in presenting her account of Odysseus? Whom does she blame for her kidnapping, and what does she do to lull Telemakhos to sleep?
4. How does Menelaos react to Telemakhos’s depiction of affairs on Ithaka?
5. What does Proteus tell Menelaos of Odysseus?
6. How does Homer build suspense toward the end of Book IV as to Telemakhos’s fate?