TELEMACHUS KICKS OUT THE SUITORS
Leaves for his voyage to find his father, dead or alive
Tele Gets a Visit From a Strange Old Man
Goddess Athena doesn't want Tele to give up hope, so she disguised herself as Mentes, an old friend of Ody. Athena predicted that Ody is still alive, and tells Tele to kick the suitors out of Iliad, and then leave on a journey to see if he can find any news on his father. Tele knows that the man is actually Athena, and leaves to tell the suitors that there will be a meeting the next day, and they will bet kicked out of Iliad.
Homer, Page 9
"So now all who escaped death in battle or by shipwreck had got safely home except Odysseus, and he, though he was longing to return to his wife and country, was detained by the goddess Calypso, who had got him into a large cave and wanted to marry him."
Homer, Page 12
"As for yourself, let me prevail upon you to take the best ship you can get, with a crew of twenty men, and go in quest of your father who has been missing."
Homer, Page 14
He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, girded his sword about his shoulder, and left his room looking like an immortal god.
BOOK TWO
Tele Tells the Suitors to Hit the Road
Telemachus then prepared to leave for his journey, and Athena came back as Mentor to visit him again. She then disguises herself as Tele and got together a crew for him. Tele doesn't tell anyone about the trip except for his nurse Eurycleia.