Why does Antinoos call for a fast ship and twenty men?

In book 2 of

, Telemachus sets sail on his own swift ship with a hearty crew, as he

longs to find any information pertaining to the whereabouts of his long-absent father. Despite

the fact that all the other survivors of the Trojan War returned years prior, Odysseus has

remained away, and no news of him has reached the shores of his home in Ithaca. The war ended

nearly ten years ago, and still Odysseus does not return. Suitors who pursue his wife, Penelope,

have been camped at his palace for several years now, abusing the Ancient Greek rules of

hospitality and attempting to force her to marry one of them. She will not, and she devises

ruses and reasons to delay the new marriage that begins to seem more and more inevitable if

Odysseus does not return soon.

In book 4, Antinous and the other suitors

learn what Telemachus has done, and they are eager to prevent him from returning with news about

Odysseus that would give Penelope more reason to continue denying their demand that she remarry.

Antinous prays that Zeus will kill Telemachus before he reaches manhoodhe is just about twenty

years old nowand he tells the others to "'fetch [him] a swift ship and twenty men'" so

that he can ambush Telemachus as the young man attempts to return to

Ithaca.

what was the conclusion

explanation:

since conclusion is the over all summarize.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)