The Odyssey Book 13 Summary. The next day, king alcinous stows odysseus's many gifts on the ship and everyone feasts. Because the phaeacians escort many people across the sea so the people can travel safely, poseidon is angry and feels dishonored.
The men realize that odysseus has faced so many obstacles getting home, that they take great pity on him. He is ready to return to ithaca, finally, and the king once again promises his help to odysseus. Erica has taught college english writing and literature courses and has a master's degree in children's literature.
Odysseus thanks alcinous for his hospitality, and after some fanfare alcinous' men set sail while odysseus sleeps peacefully on board.
Into this harbour, then, they took their ship, for they knew the place. Telemachus gathers an assembly of achaeans to make his case for removing the suitors from his home. Odysseus climbs aboard the phaician's ship and. In the morning he steps onto the ships he is going to lend to odysseus and then makes a sacrifice to zeus as demodokos continues to sing.