1. The first thing that struck me about the prologue was the fact that the narrator calls on the Muses to help him tell the story. I think the poetic voice is trying to simply convey the story to us and he does so by channeling the Muses, which are the god-like sources for the arts.
4. I think we hear Telemachus's story first because it shows what is happening to Odysseus's house while he is gone. The fact that his wife has many suitors just waiting to take his place introduces an urgency to the story and Odysseus's reason for trying to get home in the first place. I think the son comes before the father to show the influence of Odysseus's absence.
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