The suitors just want Penelope because that means they get the fame and fortune that goes with it, not to mention she looks like a goddess. Penelope really doesnt play that big of a role the most you hear of her is her grieving in her room and what not. Also it seems like she leads on the suitors and makes them think there is hope for them. Telemechus finally decides that he will leave on the path that athena has set for him. He finally grows up and realizes what needs to be done. At the end of the chapter zeus sends down to eagles to warn the suitors of what will happen to them.

odysseus and calypso have a one sided relationship. Calypso wants him to stay with her and she offers him immortality but all Odysseus wants is to go home to his family. Finally the gods intervene with Calypso and talk her in to letting him go. she helps him build a raft and gather food and he finally sets sail. meanwhile poisedon sees him sailing and learns that the gods have set him free against poisedons will. He puts odysseus through a storm that destroys his raft and leaves him to swim to a river mouth.