ὣς φάτο χωόμενος, ποτὶ δὲ σκῆπτρον βάλε γαίῃ
δάκρυ᾽ ἀναπρήσας: οἶκτος δ᾽ ἕλε λαὸν ἅπαντα.
Thus he spoke in wrath, and dashed the staff down upon the ground, bursting into tears; and pity seized all the people. (Od. 2.80-81)
χώομαι to be angry
σκῆπτρον staff
年輕人畢竟是年輕人! Telemachus以為他只要拿著父親的權杖 (σκῆπτρον staff)、坐在父親的王位，就可以當一家之主，召開大會，發號施令。但是，稚嫩的他，說話沒人聽，他也不知如何回應，顯然EQ也差了一點，居然丟權杖、憤怒、大哭，情緒對然失控！ 也難怪雅典娜一職懷疑Telemachus到底是不是奧德修斯親生的兒子，怎麼都沒遺傳父親的智商與處事能力?
治理與管理一個家園，仰賴的不是手中拿的權杖或是坐的位置，更需要智慧和方法。
下圖: Penelope at her loom with Telemachos.
Telemachos (Odysseus’s son), stands to the left holding two spears, reproaching his mother. She
sits mournfully on a chair, anguished by the unknown fate of her husband. Her
head is bowed and legs are crossed in a pose canonical for Penelope. Athenian
red-figure cup, c. 440 BC, by the Penelope Painter.
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