BOOK 2
The assembly gathers and Teleamachus speaks, several others speak as well Mentor and Aegyptius. The suitors will hear none of it; they justify their actions and vow to keep with what they are doing. Two eagles fly over the town and by some that is scene as an omen, and it’s not good for the suitors;however, the suitors pay no heed. The assembly breaks up and Telemachus and the suitors go back to the house of Odysseus. The suitors start to party and Telemachus prepares for the voyage to Pylos and Sparta. After everything has been arranged the ship puts out to sea.
(My comments)
Penelope must have been stunning beautiful woman, and she was smart also, for these guys to be hanging around as long as they have. One can see how these guys are breaking social rules of conduct here by wearing out their welcome, and one day they will pay the price for it. One can not notice how important treating strangers was, Telemachus with Athena, and when Telemachus went to Pylos.
In book one Homer is setting the stage for the story, and there are several contrasts and similarities here. While Clytemnestra was unfaithful, Penelope remains faithful to Odysseus by longing for his return, and by the way she treats the suitors. The weaving episode for instance, she leads the suitors on, then weaving by day and tearing out by night almost four years pass. Telemachus is some ways similar to Orestes; he plays a part in the suitor’s demise. The situation at home in Ithaca is getting very desperate and drives home to point the Odysseus needs to get home soon.
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