| A | B |
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| welcomed to Sparta | by King Menelaus and his Queen Helen |
| Telemachus with Nestor's son | travel to Sparta to find Menelaus |
| Helen | recognizes Telemachus as Odysseus's son because he looks just like him |
| Helen speaks of | her passion for Paris, which began the Trojan War |
| Helen claims | that she was cursed by Aphrodite's spell which caused her to fall in love with |
| Helen saw Odysseus | disguised as a beggar when he sneaked into Troy |
| Helen helped | Odysseus by bathing him, giving him clean clothes, and helping him to escape |
| Helen missed | her home and her husband after the spell wore off |
| imitated voices of wives | Helen did this when she suspected Greeks were inside the Trojan horse |
| tears | they cried for their fallen comrades who died in Troy |
| Egypt | Menelaus was stuck there for seven years |
| Nile | mouth of this river is where Menelaus met a goddess who pitied him |
| Old Man of the Sea | father of this goddess who disguised Menelaus in seal hides |
| changes form | power that the Old Man of the Sea, the Ancient, that turned him into a lion, snake, or boar or fountain |
| Zeus | Old Man tells Menelaus that he was mad because they had not sacrificed to him before setting sail for home |
| two men | had died on the journey home with Menelaus |
| Ajax | one of the men who died because he bragged that he had beaten the gods |
| Poseidon | heard the boast of Ajax and used his trident to shake the earth |
| Telemachus learns | that Odysseus is marooned on an island |
| suitors in Ithacaa | led by Antinous, they decide to ambush Telemachus when he returns home |
