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armour chosen by Telemachus for Ulysses and his three allies

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Canonical name: armour chosen by Telemachus for Ulysses and his three allies
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Scope: Collective
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store-room in Ulysses’ house1 observation

·Direct

The armour Telemachus chose for the four defenders was taken from the store-room.

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“Telemachus did as his father said, and went off to the store room where the armour was kept. He chose four shields, eight spears, and four brass helmets with horse-hair plumes. He brought them with all speed to his father, and armed himself first, while the stockman and the swineherd also put on their armour, and took their places near Ulysses. Meanwhile Ulysses, as long as his arrows lasted, had been shooting the suitors one by one, and they fell thick on one another: when his arrows gave out, he set the bow to stand against the end wall of the house by the door post, and hung a shield four hides thick about his shoulders; on his comely head he set his helmet, well wrought with a crest of horse-hair that nodded menacingly above it, {168} and he grasped two redoubtable bronze-shod spears. ”

Claims

·Reported

Telemachus proposes bringing armour for Ulysses, himself, the swineherd, and the stockman.

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“a shield, two spears, and a brass helmet for your temples. I will arm myself as well, and will bring other armour for the swineherd and the stockman, for we had better be armed”

·Direct

Telemachus brings four shields, eight spears, and four horse-hair-plumed brass helmets; he and both herdsmen put on the armour.

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“He chose four shields, eight spears, and four brass helmets with horse-hair plumes. He brought them with all speed to his father, and armed himself first, while the stockman and the swineherd also put on their armour”

·Direct

Ulysses and his three allies put on their battle armour before leaving town.

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“he girded on his armour. Then he roused Telemachus, Philoetius, and Eumaeus, and told them all to put on their armour also. This they did, and armed themselves”

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·Direct

“He chose four shields, eight spears, and four brass helmets with horse-hair plumes. He brought them with all speed to his father, and armed himself first, while the stockman and the swineherd also put on their armour, and took their places near Ulysses.”

·Direct

“he girded on his armour. Then he roused Telemachus, Philoetius, and Eumaeus, and told them all to put on their armour also”