- A wise Ithican elder admires and gives thanks to Telemachus for finally stepping into his fathers shoes, do to the fact that is the first time an assembly takes place since Odysseus left to war... - Penelope each night undid the knitting that she has finished that day so that she never could get married... He has the courage to do so in his journey to Pylos and Sparta. ... Penelope spends her days in the palace waiting for the husband who left for Troy twenty years earlier and never returned. ... She keeps Telemachus's journey secret from Penelope. ...

• Word Count: 1452
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School