How does the group manage to stop crying in time for dinner?

1. Menelaus is explaining that he mourns for Odysseus more than for any other Greek.

2. Menelaus is pretending to finally recognize Telemachus.

3. Helen drugs the wine-bowl. Helen playfully teases the men out of weeping.

4. He weaves a net of "Sylvan string."

5. He will dwell for eternity in the Elysian Fields.

6. Noemon is trying to find his ship. By ignoring his warning, the suitors show their impious nature, a foreshadowing of their fate.