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When Telemachus visits Sparta and meets Menelaus and Helen, there are a number of ironic situations that occur. Identify and describe one example of irony in that episode of The Odyssey.
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When Telemachus visits Sparta and meets Menelaus and Helen, there are a number of ironic situations that occur. Identify and describe one example of irony in that episode of The Odyssey.

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One of the examples of the irony of The Odyssey is when a dramatic irony occurred when Odysseus returned home. When he returned home, he disguised himself as a beggar, and when he finally saw Penelope after 20 years, yet in the story Penelope doesn't recognize him even after she longed to see him. 
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