The suitors initially refuse to leave, disrespecting Telemachus' request. They continue to stay in Odysseus' house, eating his food and wooing his wife, Penelope, despite Telemachus' pleas.
The assembly decides that the suitors should be expelled from Odysseus' house for their disrespectful behavior and abuse of hospitality. They agree with Telemachus and show their support by stating that it is not right for the suitors to continue taking advantage of Odysseus' absence.
When Odysseus is first rejoined with his son Telemachus, he asks Telemachus why he has not cleared the house of the suitors. After he reveals himself to his son, he asks how many suitors there are, and who the loyal servants are, so that they may plot their revenge against the suitors.
He asks him for proof.
Anticleia, Odysseus's mother, asks him about his journey, his family, and his homeland of Ithaca. She also inquires about the well-being of his wife Penelope and son Telemachus.
he asks the gods for a canoe and five men
Telemachus is seeking information about his father, Odysseus, when he asks Nestor about his whereabouts during the Trojan War. Telemachus hopes to learn more about Odysseus's fate and gather clues on how to find him.
Odysseus asks the servants to move all the suitors' weapons to another room as part of his plan to confront the suitors without them having access to weapons.
Eurymachus argues that it was the suitors who were responsible for their actions, not all the suitors collectively. He asks Odysseus to spare those who were not involved in the disrespect shown towards him and to forgive those who have wronged him.
Asks some girls to act as her bridesmaids.
Penelope asks Anticlea to move her bed to another room. Since the bed is built into an oak tree, this implied that the bed had either been heavily damaged so that it could be moved, or that the fine bed that Odysseus had crafted himself had been destroyed and replaced.
Elena says "yes" to marrying Stephan