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In Book Two of Homer’s The Odyssey Telemakhos gains a significant amount of confidence and decides to call an assembly
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Name: Christopher Yeung Class: Humanities 111 Instructor: Maryanne Ward Date: 5/9/05 The Odyssey by Homer In Book Two of Homer's The Odyssey Telemakhos gains a significant amount of confidence and decides to call an assembly. At the assembly a wise man Aigyptios presents the listeners with a rare introduction. He states that an assembly has not occurred for about twenty years and commends the individual that had the audacity to call one. At this assembly Telemakhos protests fervently that his mother's suitors be expelled since they have no respect and appreciation for their generosity "these men spend their days around our house killing our beeves and sheep and fatted goats , carousing , soaking up our good dark wine, not caring what they do". At the end of Telemakhos's first battle to persuade the minds of the Akhaians against the suitors, a fellow leader named Antinoos decides to defend...
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