Odyssey+2

//Summary: Maram //
Telemachus finally addresses the siutors in this chapter. He starts to act less sensitive and more like his father, more manly. Simply put, he is telling the suitors to get out. Telemachus begins to fill the place of a Homeric hero. // After three years of fooling them, the suitors realize Penelope has been weaving and unweaving Odysseus' death shroud each day. This is important because the suitors were led to believe Penelope would pick a husband after she completes weaving. An omen from Zeus appeared in this chapter (birds) and it signified 1. Odysseus would return home in the twentieth year. 2. Odysseus will have suffered much. 3. Odysseus will lose his comrades 4. No one would recognize Odysseus when he comes. //

Major Themes (and page numbers): Alexa Ayers
=Homeric Hero- Odysseus = =**disguise- Athene** = **development of Telemachus** **justice**

Locations Traveled and Mentioned: (Helen)
= Ithaca: where Telemachus is currently and the land where Odysseus is king = = Sparta: one of the laces where Telemachus will travel to hear news of Odysseus = = ﻿ Pylos: one of the places that Telemachus will travel to hear news of his father =

Study Guide Questions:

 * What does Telemachus do when he wakes up the next morning? (Amber) **
 * He dressed like a god and went to the meeting place. **


 * What did Penelope do for three years to avoid having to choose one of the suitors? (Amber) **
 * She would weave every night, and she said that when she was finished, she would marry a suitor, but she purposely never finished so she would never have to marry. **


 * What does Zeus do after Telemachus speaks to the assembly? (Amber) **
 * He sends two birds. **


 * How many years has Odysseus been gone? (Amber) **
 * Odysseus has been gone for 20 years. **

He will return to his home, make a big exequies for Odysseus then marry his mother to another man.
 * What will Telemachus do if he finds out that Odysseus is dead? (Winnie) **

Tekemachus make Eurycleia promise to draw some flagons of wine, and let it be the choicest. Fill twelve flagons and put their stoppers on. And pour out some barley-meal in strong leather bags - twenty measures, of mill - crushed grain.
 * What does Telemachus make Eurycleia promise to do? (Winnie) **

Because Athene wants to help Telemachus to call-up people together with him to find his father.
 * Why does Athene disguise herself as Telemachus? (Winnie) **


 * How does Athene help Telemachus leave without being noticed? (Winnie) **
 * Telemachus didn't tell his mother that he will leave. He let Eurycleia to tell his mother after several days he leave. And Athene let the suitor go back to their own house. **