Odyssey+2

Summary: (Annie)
In the Odyssey, chapter two starts off at the assembly when Telemachus makes his big speech about having Penelope (his mother) remarry. After the speech, Penelope states that she will not marry somebody else until she finishes weaving. Before Telemachus goes on his trip, Athena comes and visits him while she is disguised as Mentor. Once Athena leaves she goes out in a disguise and rounds up a crew to man Telemachus's ship. Telemachus then talked to Eurycleia (his nurse) and he he told her to promise him that she will not tell his mother that he was going on an adventure to find his father.

(Marissa)

 * Loyalty was shown in this chapter on page 24 when Telemachus makes Eurycleia promise that she will not tell Telemachus mother that he has went looking for his father. Telemachus tells Eurycleia this when she is giving him the wine for his journey.
 * Disguise was shown in this chapter on page 24 when Athene disguising herself as Telemachus so that she can help Telemachus get ready for his journey.
 * Loyalty is also a theme on page 17 Penelope is showing loyalty to her husband. Penelope shows this by for three years has been weaving during the day and at night undoing the weaving that she did that day. She did this because she believed that her husband Odysseus was not dead and undoing prevented her from having to marry a suitor.

Locations Traveled and Mentioned: (Gabby)
at sea, Ithaca

Study Guide Questions:
He dressed up as if he was a god. And he acted as if he were his father.
 * What does Telemachus do when he wakes up the next morning? (Allie) **

Everyday she would do her weaving and said she would not choose until she finished, every night she would undo everything that she did to stall them.
 * What did Penelope do for three years to avoid having to choose one of the suitors? (Allie) **


 * What does Zeus do after Telemachus speaks to the assembly? (Allie) **

He answered Telemachus prayer and brought to equals down that began to fight with each other. A great outburst is about to happen to the suitors.


 * How many years has Odysseus been gone? (Allie) **

He has been gone 20 years.


 * What will Telemachus do if he finds out that Odysseus is dead?** ** (Katie) **

 If he learns that his father is dead, he shall come home, and build him a mound with all proper funeral rites, and he would give his mother in marriage to a new husband.


 * What does Telemachus make Eurycleia promise to do? (Katie) **

He told the nurse Eurycleia to fetch him flagons of wine, and some barely in a bag, and he made her promise not to tell his mother, Penelope.


 * Why does Athene disguise herself as Telemachus? (Katie) **

Because she went through the town at night, picked out her twenty men, and passed on the word to them to forgather by the good ship at nightfall.


 * How does Athene help Telemachus leave without being noticed? (Katie) **

She gave the suitors wine and got them drunk, and Telemachus followed Athene to the ship where the crew of men were.