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armour of the suitors’ ambush party

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Canonical name
armour of the suitors’ ambush party
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None
Kind
Item
Scope
Collective
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Location presence

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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sea side where the suitors prepared their ambush ship1 observation
·Direct

The ambush party’s armour was brought to the sea side.

See evidence text
“He then chose twenty men, and they went down to their ship and to the sea side; they drew the vessel into the water and got her mast and sails inside her; they bound the oars to the thole-pins with twisted thongs of leather, all in due course, and spread the white sails aloft, while their fine servants brought them their armour. Then they made the ship fast a little way out, came on shore again, got their suppers, and waited till night should fall.”
water side by the Ithacan harbour1 observation
·Direct

The ambush party’s armour was taken from them at the water side.

See evidence text
“On this they rose and went to the water side. The crew then drew the ship on shore; their servants took their armour from them, and they went up in a body to the place of assembly, but they would not let any one old or young sit along with them, and Antinous, son of Eupeithes, spoke first. ”

Claims

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·Direct

Servants bring armor to the suitors’ ambush party.

See evidence text
“while their fine servants brought them their armour”
·Direct

Servants remove the ambush party’s armour after its ship is drawn ashore.

See evidence text
“their servants took their armour from them, and they went up in a body”
·Uncertain

The men on the ship tentatively identified as the suitors’ vessel carry many shields and spears.

See evidence text
“a ship coming into harbour with a number of men in her. They had many shields and spears, and I thought it was the suitors, but I cannot be sure”

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Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

3
·Direct
“their fine servants brought them their armour”
·Direct
“their servants took their armour from them”
·Uncertain
“They had many shields and spears”

Passage preview

Book 4 · Passage 72

He then chose twenty men, and they went down to their ship and to the sea side; they drew the vessel into the water and got her mast and sails inside her; they bound the oars to the thole-pins with twisted thongs of leather, all in due course, and spread the white sails aloft, while their fine servants brought them their armour. Then they made the ship fast a little way out, came on shore again, got their suppers, and waited till night should fall.