books 1 & 2

One: This book  takes place after the Trojan war and Odysseus hasn't been home in 20 years. He has  been unable to make it home because Poseidon has a thing against him for killing his son, the cyclops. While Poseidon is against him, the other gods are all rooting for him. At a dinner of the gods, Athena asks Zeus if they could spare Odysseus and give him a way home. While the gods are eating, Odysseus has been stuck on an island with the witch Kalypso for the past few years. Athena goes to Odysseus's house disguised as Mentes and notices that his house is full of lazy suitors eating all of his food. Telemachos, Odysseus's son, says the situation would be better if his father was here, and then Athena gives him a pep talk about his father and gives him a vision of his father before leaving.

Two: Book two starts with Telemachos rounding the suiitors up for a meeting, the first meeting since Odysseus left. At the meeting, Telemachos says he's tired of the suitors eating his food and wine, and trying to get his mom. Antinoos blames Penelope, as she is delaying it when it's her duty to get a king. She said she wouldn't marry until she finished weaving a shroud for Odysseus's father, who isn't dead, but a maid blabbed that she secretly unravels her process at night. Telemachos is told to either send Penelope back to Icarus or made to choose a suitor. Telemachos doesn't want to do either and as a result, Zeus sends two eagles to attack the town's people. Giving up on arguing, Telemachos decides to sail to Pylos to hear anything about his father. That night, he prays to the god that visits him, and Athena visits him as Mentor, telling him that she will find a boat and supplies for him. Him and a group of trusted men leave right away.