Book 2 of 24
Book 2: The assembly in Ithaca
Assembly of the People of Ithaca—Speeches of Telemachus and of the Suitors—Telemachus Makes his Preparations and Starts for Pylos with Minerva Disguised as Mentor.
Telemachus calls the people of Ithaca to an assembly, the first in many years, and accuses the suitors. Antinous answers that Penelope is to blame, and tells how she promised to choose a husband when she had finished weaving a shroud for Laertes, and unpicked it each night.
With Athena's help, disguised as Mentor, Telemachus gathers a ship and crew. He leaves secretly by night for Pylos, without telling his mother.