After Odysseus reveals himself to Telemachus due to Athena's advice, the two men plan the downfall of the suitors. He visits Eumaeus, the swineherd, who happens to be hosting a disguised Odysseus. Telemachus focuses on his father's return to Ithaca in Book XV. Telemachus also learns from Menelaus that his father was last seen stranded on Ogygia. Whilst there, Telemachus is again treated as an honored guest as Menelaus and Helen tell complementary yet contradictory stories of his father's exploits at Troy. Telemachus then departs with Nestor's son Peisistratus, who accompanies him to the halls of Menelaus and his wife Helen. Telemachus first visits Nestor and is well received by the old man who regales him with stories of his father's glory. During his absence, Odysseus' house has been occupied by hordes of suitors seeking the hand of Penelope. At the outset of Telemachus' journey, Odysseus had been absent from his home at Ithaca for twenty years due to the Trojan War and the intervention of Poseidon. In Homer's Odyssey, Telemachus, under the instructions of Athena (who accompanies him during the quest), spends the first four books trying to gain knowledge of his father, Odysseus, who left for Troy when Telemachus was still an infant. Odyssey Slaughter of the suitors by Odysseus and Telemachus, Campanian red-figure bell- krater, ca. Telemachus's name in Greek means 'far from battle', or perhaps 'fighting from afar', as a bowman does. The first four books of the Odyssey focus on Telemachus's journeys in search of news about his father, who has yet to return home from the Trojan War, and are traditionally given the title the Telemachy. According to later tradition, Telemachus married Circe (or Calypso) after Odysseus’ death. Then father and son slew the suitors who had gathered around Penelope. On his return to Ithaca, he found that Odysseus had reached home before him. When Telemachus reached manhood, he visited Pylos and Sparta in search of his wandering father. Telemachus ( / t ə ˈ l ɛ m ə k ə s/ tə- LEM-ə-kəs Ancient Greek: Τηλέμαχος, romanized: Tēlemakhos, lit.'far-fighter'), in Greek mythology, is the son of Odysseus and Penelope, who is a central character in Homer's Odyssey. Telemachus departing from Nestor, painting by Henry Howard (1769–1847) For other uses, see Telemachus (disambiguation).

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