The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-10-12


them.
Homer was the Creeks s1best seller1;
they thronged In thousands to hear him
fecited; their religion. their Thought,
their education were all based ON him,
under whose name II told the great
story of their heroes.
1T IS the tenth year since Troy has
fallen. Though the niad did not
60 beyond the death of Hector at
Achilles hands, other stories carried
on the tale through the death of
Achilles, the capture Of Troy by the
Greeks by means Of the strategem of
the wooden horse. the sacking and
burning Of the city. the death of
Priam and his queen, the slavery Of
Andromache which Hector had fore
seen, the slaughter of the little son
ne loved so dearly, the escape Of
Aeneas with his aged father.
After the booty had been divided,
the Greek chiefs took leisurely courses
to their homes. The great King Aga
memnon sent his dramatic night let
ter, announcing to his queen at home
oy the light Of flames leaping from
Mlltop to hilltop across the sea that
Troy had fallen; for his pains he met
the dramatic death at the hand of
queen klytaimnestra which Aeschy-
JUS has made forever famous in his
great play, "Agamemnon; :" the latter
mas In 1t the beginning Of the story
OF orestes, the close Greek counter
part OF Hamlet. The kings brother.
Meneiaus, had better fortune; he had
1ourneyed homeward with his erst-
wmle Queen Helen, as If the great
Trojan episode had never been, and was
reisnlns again in peace and quiet with
ne Worlds Desire by his side at
Sparta with no dread Of a maraud-
Jug faris sent on the quest Of beauty
oy Aphrodite. And so, too, the other
princes had returned with varying
fortunes.
but not so the Great Adventurer.
.roy mad taken ten years to capture;
a years more still found the willy
ouySsens detained in the Isle Of
Osyela by the fair Calypso. Mean
S VINE the patient Penelope bides at
nome beset by the riotous suitors who
maSe Liberty hall Of the absent kings
, palace and would force the queen to
"ea one OF them. She. ever as alert
,a . resourceful as her wandering
.Olu' puts of her promise till she has
woven web-of which she each night
the day. ~ s
.a nnls nrst great story Of wandering
~n,.a has a much more perfect
~ .i'y IMAM the niad. It centers close
S,, aoout the person Of Odysseus, and
r." ,ues Itself into three parts, the id
Cultures futures OF Telemechus in quest of
NY ssseus' the wanderings Of the hero,
sa..' ms return home, where with the
r lew still faithful to him he makes
sna use'I his own detective, lays the
,s,n" e 1or the destruction of the vii
hans anu finally brings about the
d,s ppy ending which has 50 constantly
M sa.ed critics Of the novel and the
orS,n er SINCE man began to write and
AafS 1olk to listen or to read.
tho a !ne first chapter. which comprises
,orrn se Tour books" Of the Odyssey,
s sus Ielemachus. amidst the mock
hIs s.. 'ne suitors. starts in quest Of
TIA .atner' and makes the rounds of
k,,. our.s OF our old friend Nestor.
He,s," ryios' and Of Menelaus and
wher..at sparta, where he learns the
mr. 1oouts Of his father, and then
poss,,, .l's moment It h at last made
nv lor Odysseus to start on his
sncmr nome. But the sea, ever his
b s. again plays him false and he
once more. though he h