First off, I'd like to say that I am so sick of Telemachus whining about the suitors I want to teach him to suck it up and be a man. Athena was right; he's not a little kid anymore, so he can't just whine about it and have somebody else follow through. Thankfully, Athena is in the story, so there is some logic and sense. I don't really like Telemachus because he acts too immature to be an adult but is too old to be an adolecent. When he started crying and making himself pitied...and even more childish...I kind of wanted to scream.
Homer confuses me. He just has to put in all this random information that coud be easily taken out. I'd like to have a nice little chat with whoever editied The Odyssey.
Anyways, that's kind of irrelevant. For those of you who aren't avid mythology readers, you will like book three because you finally get to find out more about the Orestes and Agamemnon. If you hadn't already googled it. Athena, the smart goddess, finally decides to reveal herself as who she is, not this guy who was friends with Odysseus.
Telemachus continues on the quest and finds Melanus and Helen. Two of their kids were getting married, so there was a huge party. Melanus finds out that Odysseus is on Calypso's island, tells Telemachus, and then Telemachus goes back home. The suitors want to kill Telemachus for being a whiny guy- or, maybe just so that they can go down in the history books. Penelope finds out, freaks, and then Athena tells her that Telemachus won't die. Of course, Penelope belives her because, after all, she is smart....
So, this is how far I am in the Odyssey. I like Harry Potter better.
-Jenni
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