The Odyssey is definitely getting better as I read on, and the characters are making more sense. I think, In a nutshell, book two is about Telechamus going to the councillors, having an arguement with the suitors, the suitors refusing to back off his estate unless his mother married one of them, and him telling them that he will find out if his father is alive or dead, how he might have died, and the suitors basically saying "yeah, right." Leicritus breaks up the assembly, and Telechamus prays to Minerva to help him, and Minerva does so. Telechamus tells the nurse to prepare barley and wine, and not to tell his mother about his daring voyage. The maid does so, if hesitantly, because it is a risk.
Overall, it is making a lot more sense, and I'm really getting wrapped up in the story! The only words that I am only slightly confused on meqanings are;Abetting, Pall,(p.8) Spunging, Prating (p.9) Victuals (p.10) Flaying, and singeing. (p.11) Yay; dictionary time!!!
Victuals are food or provisions, which are what Telemachus takes on hie journey. A pall is a cloth that you lay over a tomb or coffin. I wasn't sure what a pall was at first either.
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