When Odysseus was in the underworld , and he met up with his mother, she talked to him about all that was going on in Ithaca before she had passed away. She told him that she had been very sad, and crying over her days, and suffering waiting for his return. She continues to tell him that no one has taken over his royal rights yet, so if he returns he would still be in control. She then told him about his father, and that he keeps a farm, and how he never goes to the town. There was a part of this explanation about Odysseus’s father that I did not quite understand. When she says that “with no bed for him there, (the town), no blankets, glossy throws”. This part did not make too much sense to me, however she did say that his father was getting