Menelaus and Helen

Menelaus and Helen

Setting.......

 
For a couple weeks, I had the literary term: Setting. You should know what a setting is. A setting is where a story takes place, and I took the time to read Book 4 and find the settings.

Settings of Book 4

•     Sparta

In Book 4, Telemachus and Pisistratus are in Sparta, where the monarchs Menelaus and Helen rule. They come during the weddings of the monarchs' son and daughter. Menelaus and Helen happily welcome Pisistratus and Telemachus. They recognized Telemachus because of his resemblance. Also, in Sparta, Telemachus hears stories of his father and he finds out that his father is ALIVE!

•     Troy

Troy is the city where the Trojan War occurred. It is told that Odysseus used his cunning intelligence to get to Troy and defeat the Trojans. He acts as a beggar to invade the city's walls. Odysseus' great invention, the Trojan horse was used there to sneak in the Achaean army, thus bringing on forth the Trojan War and the fall of Troy.

•     Pylos

Pylos is where Telemachus previously was. There, in Pylos, he learns a little about Troy and the fates of Agamemnon, Aegisthus, Clytemnestra, and Orestes. Nestor, king of Pylos, tells Telemachus all this, and advised him to go to Sparta for more information on his father. This is where Pisistratus comes along.

•     Ithaca

Ithaca is the homeland of Telemachus, Odysseus, and many others to come.