Telemachus
[walks up to mother at banquet]
I want to remind them of whose wine they're drinking.
Penelope
I don't want Odysseus' song. I want Odysseus!
Telemachus
Then why do you entertain suitors in his house night after night?
Penelope
In this world, a man does what he chooses. I do what I can.
Telemachus
I am a man now, mom.
Penelope
So throw them out. Break Zeus's law and see what they do to you if you give them that excuse. I've already lost a husband. I don't want to lose a son.
Telemachus
My dad's coming back.
Penelope
Where is he? Eight years since Troy fell. Almost twenty years since he left us.
