Helen: Married to Menelaos, she is connect to the theme of forgetting.


Book 1-4: Odysseus is trapped on the island of Calyspo, Telemachos and Penelope have suitors at their home. Telelmachos decided to find out where his father Odysseus is and learn more about him so he leaves by boat to other islands. He is welcomed to Sandy Pylos by Nestor and hears stories of his father. Then, he arrives to Lacedaimon and is welcomed by Menelaos and Helen. The suitors are waiting to kill Telemachos upon his arrival in Ithica.

Characters:
Odyssey
Circe
Telemachus
Siren
Calypso
Athena
Zeus
Polyphemus
Poseidon
Nausea
Scylla
Tiresias
Arete
Laertes
Charybdis
Menelaos
Antonius
Aegisthus

Helen

Penelope

Nestor 

Theme: 

We see the theme hospitality when Nestor and Menelaos welcome Telemachos as well as when they prepare feasts.