Ok it said that his wife was bascially hounded down be suitors for years before Odyussues finnaly took back the throne. But yet they had a son. Now maybe i dont know much about Greek culture but woundnt his son take the throne when he came of age. In the episode they just said he had a son and that was it nothing explaining why he wouldnt take the throne.
shareOdysseus left for the Trojan War shortly after Telemachus' birth. The episode doesn't discuss it, but there's a famous scene from the poem where Odysseus sows a field with salt to pretend to be insane because he knows he won't return home for twenty years if he goes to war. The Greeks seeking Odysseus' help in the war take Telemachus and put him in front of Odysseus' plow. Seeing this, Odysseus turns the plow aside to avoid killing his son. This lets the other Greeks know he really isn't insane. Since the Trojan War takes ten years and Odysseus takes ten more years to return to Ithaca, Telemachus wouldn't be old enough to become king in his own right till around the time of Odysseus' return. Had Penelope married one of the suitors before Telemachus achieved his majority though, then that suitor would have become king, thus obviating Telemachus' claim to the throne. To ensure Telemachus wouldn't try to claim his father's throne though, the suitor would probably have him killed.
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ok and they just decided to leave the part out about his son...it sounds like something that should have been put in but then again they did have to make the episode 2 hours long so i guess they had more than enough material.
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There's also the part where the sea god Poseidon cursed Odysseus to ensure his journey home would be long and difficult. There was no way he could have gotten home quickly after that.
shareAlso they totally forgot to mention the fact that his son and two other guys helped him kill the suitors.
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