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Summary: (Rosina)
In the morning Telemecus gets up and dressed and takes his two hounds and spear to the assembly, he took his father’s seat in front of the oldest councilors. Aegyptius was the first to speak and he talks about what he thinks Telemecus is going to talk about, he is not sure if he is going to give them good news a warning or something else concerning the public, he also says that he thinks that Telemecus is probably a good person and he hopes that he gets what he wants out of talking to them. Telemecus stands and starts to speak and he tells Aegyptius that he has called them because of a personal matter about misfortune falling upon his house, he tells them how the suitors are talking over his house and trying to get his mother to marry one of them, he tells them how all they do is get drunk all the time and take his livestock for their feasts. HE also says that they are there because they are too afraid to go to his mother’s father and ask him to pick one of them to marry her and give them nice wedding gifts. After he said this he started crying. Then Antinous tells him that he is stupid for blaming every hint on the suitors and that it is his mothers fault for not picking one of them, and that she has been lying to them she told them that she had to make a cloth to put over her dead father in law and morn him and after she was done with this she would pick one of them. She did this for 3 years and every night she would undo the work that she did during the day. Then they told him to send her to her father so that he could pick someone for her. Telemecus tells him no and that he couldn’t do that to his mother. While Telemecus was talking Jove sent an omen of two eagles down from a mountain and they started fighting each other, then an omen reader came and told them that it meant death for the suitors if they didn’t stop messing with Odysseus’ castle. One of the suitors responds by saying that if he didn’t stop saying that bad things were going to happen to him and that they were just birds and it meant nothing. Then he dismisses the suitors and tells the rest of the assembly that he needs a ship and a crew of 20 men so he can sail to Sparta and Phylos the next day to search for news of his father. He tells the suitors that if he finds out that his father is alive he will come home and wait for him; if he finds out that his father is dead he will mourn his death and then tell his mom to take a husband. Then everyone left after Mentor talked. Then Telemecus went to the sea and prayed to Minerva to help him accomplish what Athena had told him to do the previous day, then Athena shows up disguised as mentor she tells him that he needs to be more like his father and not let anyone put him down and that he needs to complete the task at hand. He goes home and the suitors give him a hard time. One of the younger ones asks him jokingly if he is going to come home with friends from Phylos and Sparta to kill them. Another says that if he gets on a ship he might end up dead like his father. Then Telemecus asks his "nurse" to get wine in bottles and barley in leather bags together for his journey and not to tell his mother so she wouldn’t get worried, she gets upset and starts crying. He tells her that it’s ok and not to get worried. Then Athena went into town after she changed in to Telemecus to pick out a crew and a ship. Then she morphed back into mentor and went and got him late at night and told him that the crew was ready to go and that they were just waiting for him.

Major Themes: (Bella D)
Homeric Hero- Telemachus displays this as he argues his case, he is willful as he agues and he is also intelligent. He is described as "god-like". As he is leaving from Ithaca, he shows his strength in deed as he leaves his mother and mans the crew. Penelope as she is described Loyalty- some of the people of Ithaca are still loyal to Odysseus. Telemachus still believes in him and that he will come back. Hospitality- the idea of the extend of hospitality is shown when Telemachus wants the suitors to leave Disguise- Athena disguises herself as Mentor and Telemachus, unweaving the shroud Development and growth of Telemachus- He learns to become stronger and stand up for all of his father's belongings, memories, and loved ones, in addition to calling the first meeting since the disappearance of Odysseus.

Locations Traveled: (Madison)
Odysseus previously embarked for Ilium with the Argive army

Telemachus is going with a crew of 20 to inquire about his father in Sparta, in Pylos. If he hears his father is still alive he will wait one more year, and if dead, he will send his mother to be re married upon his return.

Study Guide Questions:
Telemachus gathered people to an assembly and told them the bad things the Suitors have done to his land.
 * What does Telemachus do when he wakes up the next morning?** (Maya)

Lead the Suitors on by promising them that she would choose one once she finished her weaving. She unraveled the weave every night so she would never finish it.
 * What did Penelope do for three years to avoid having to choose one of the suitors?** (Maya)

He made two eagles fly over the top of the assembly.
 * What does Zeus do after Telemachus speaks to the assembly?** (Maya)

About 20 years.
 * How many years has Odysseus been gone?** (Maya)

He would go home and give him a propper funeral. Also to have his mom re-marrry.
 * What will Telemachus do if he finds out that Odysseus is dead?** (Catherine)

 He makes Eurycleia not tell him mom about his plan to find information about his father. She might try to stop him because its a bad time to leave.
 * What does Telemachus make Eurycleia promise to do?** (Catherine)

**Why does Athene disguise herself as Telemachus?** (Catherine) <span style="color: rgb(124, 215, 9);"> She didn’t want to raise suspition bacause shes a lady. She also has a better eye as to who would be better on the ship because shes a god.

<span style="color: rgb(37, 81, 193); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was night, and shew made them all drunk and tired.
 * How does Athene help Telemachus leave without being noticed?** <span style="color: rgb(29, 24, 247);">(Catherine)