| A | B |
|---|
| sign | Odysseus asks for this |
| Zeus | gives Odysseus this as a sign |
| clap of thunder | Zeus's signal |
| blue sky | how the sky appeared when the thunder sign came from Zeus |
| portent (sign) | recognized by a servant as one from the gods |
| the servants | hope that the suitors will soon go away (when they see this sign in the sky) |
| herdsman | another servant, like Eumaeus, who takes care of cattle |
| herdsman swears | loyalty to the absent king (Odysseus) to him in his disguise as a beggar |
| prophet friend | of Telemachus shares a vision with the suitors that the walls will drip with blood |
| the suitors react | to the prophet's vision with laughter and do not take the warning seriously |
