Book Two

Setting: Place- Market-Places of Ithaca, Telemacho's house on Ithaca, the seashore in Ithaca, and his father's storehouse, Time: about 10 years after the Trojan War

Characters: The Criers, Mentor/ Athena, Telemachos, Antinoos, two young bullies, Eurycleia, Penelopeia, Pair of eagles, Halitherses Mastorides, Eurymachos, Leocritos Euenorides, Aigyptios, Eurynomos, and Peisenor

Speeches: Aigyptios, Says it's the first meeting that has been called since Odysseus left and he asks why it has been called. he is glad that someone has finally called a meeting.

Telemachos, He tells them that he is the person who called the meeting, He tells them how their are men trying to get his mother's hand in marriage but instead of a formal porposal they are eating him out of house and will make telemachos out. so he tells the council he wants the men out of his house. He is yelling at him that they are making him poor and taking all of his stuff.
Antinoos, He tell Telemachos that he is out of control and that it is not them he should blame but his mother. He tells Telemachos that his mother is a tease and tricked them so that she didn't have to take anyone's hand in marriage, so they stayed and waited until she was ready to choose someone to marry. Antinoos tells the story of how telemachos mother tricked them. The he tell Telemachos that he should send his mother to her father so that he can choose who she would marry. Because is telemachos doesn't send his mother away, then they will keep eating up his living and the Telemachos should say good bye to his fortune. and they still will not leave until Telemachos mother marries.
Telemachos, He tells Antinoos that he can't send his mother away because his mother will send the gods to avenge him. And he countines to say, if they stay ariund his house and eat his food then he will call upon the gods to bring vengance on the suitors.
(Eagles come)
Halitherses Masmtorides,
he thinks Odysseus will be back and will plant the seed of death and destruction.
Eurymachos,
Tells everyone to leave and wishes Halitherses dies with Odysseus so then he would be speaking as God's mouth piece. He tells Telemachos there will be a heavy burden if he goes to look for his father. Tells him to tell his mom the go to her fathers house and will be arranged a marriage.
Telemachos,
He doesn't want to talk about his mom and wants a ship and men to go to Pylos to find out about his father.
Mentor,
no one should look for Odysseus.
Euenorides,
Mentor is crazy and they should keep looking for Odysseus.
Telemachos,
(praying to Athena), The people of the town, especially his mothers wooers dont want him to find out what happened to Odysseus.
Mentor/Athena,
Athena tells him he is like his father, and that he will have courage or sense in the futre. She tells him he will have a good journey, unless he is not actually the son of Odysseus and Penelopeia. She is telling him he will succeed and not to worry about his mother's wooers. She ends by telling him to get provisions for the journey and she will go and get him a ship and good men.
Antinoos,
He tell telemachos to stop worrying and go on with his everyday life. but if he wants, they will get him a ship and men to sail Pylos for news of his father.
Telemachos,










Where the book ends:
Athena got Telemachos a boat and crew. Once Everyone in Telemachos's house hold is asleep, he went to the ship. They pack up the ship and sail away, to start the adventure of finding Odysseus.

What's important about book 2:
It goes along with the theme of loyalty, it foreshadows that there will be a conflict between the suitors and Odysseus. Book two is also the start of Telemachos's adventure.

What happens to all the characters:
Telemachos: He will go and find out what happened to his father
Antinoos: He will die because he wont leave Odysseus house, and Odysseus will come back and kill him