In English
Odysseus (Οδυσσέας) had been gone for ten years. Now the Trojan War was over,
and Odysseus and his
companions were preparing for their return to Greece. The trip back though, would not be
as quick and safe as they thought.
The gods were upset with many of the Greek kings because
they killed innocent people and they burned temples. Athena was particularly upset,
because a soldier tried to rape Cassandra in her temple, and the Greeks did not even punish him.
Even though Athena (Αθηνά) loved Odysseus very much, she was the one that
originally started his troubles.
In the next chapters we'll see what happened to his family while
he was gone, his adventures and his reunion with his
wife and son.
In Greek
Ο Οδυσσέας είχε φύγει για δέκα χρόνια. Τώρα ο Τρωικός πόλεμος
είχε τελειώσει και ο Οδυσσέας και οι συντρόφοι του ετοιμάζονταν για την
επιστροφή τους στην Ελλάδα. Το ταξίδι όμως, δεν ήταν τόσο γρήγορο και ασφαλές
όπως νόμισαν.
Οι θεοί ήταν θυμωμένοι με πολλούς από τους Έλληνες βασιλιάδες γιατί
σκότωσαν αθώους ανθρώπους και έκαψαν ναούς. Η Αθηνά ήταν ιδιαίτερα θυμωμένη γιατί ένας
στρατιώτης προσπάθησε να βιάσει την Κασσάντρα μέσα στο ναό της, και οι Έλληνες ούτε που
τον τιμώρησαν.
Αν και η Αθηνά αγαπούσε τον Οδυσσέα πάρα πολύ, ήταν αυτή που πρώτη
άρχισε τις φασαρίες του.
Στα επόμενα κεφάλαια θα δούμε τι συνέβηκε στην οικογένειά του
όταν ήταν φευγάτος, τις περιπέτειές του και την ανασύνδεσή του με την γυναίκα του
και τον γιο του.
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before you start reading.
In phonetics where you see:
Capital letters is where the word is accented.
ee or i is pronounced as the ee in word beet.
e as the e in the word bet.
a as the a in the word father.
o as the o in the word only.
ou as the ou in the word Lou.
x as the x in the word fox.
th like the th in think, (bold).
th like the th in this.
(bold and underline)
Where you see a (red) " g " in the phonetics for that
word, that " g " is
pronounced like the y in yes, or
like the w in wad
- ιδιαίτερα (ithi-E-tera) = particularly
- εγώ βιάζω (vi-A-zo) = I rape
- αρχικά, πρώτα (arhi-KA, PRO-ta) = originally
- η ανασύνδεση (ana-SI-nthesi) = reunion
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