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, written by Homer, is a story about a man (Odysseus) and his twenty-year journey home from the wars of Troy. This book also contains another journey traveled by Odysseus’s son Telemachus. His journey is not about travel, but becoming a man. Throughout Telem ....

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.... 292). Telemachus is now groveling to a stranger that these suitors are trashing his home and soon he will just except their terrible behavior. Telemachus also has doubts as to who his father really is. “My mother always told me I’m his son, it’s true, but I am not so certain.” (I, 249). This is mentioned because Telemachus, and the suitors, feel that if he were really the son of Odysseus then he would have the strength to stop the destruction of his house. Before Telemachus enters manhood he needs people to help guide him. First it takes the disguised goddess Athena to start him down the path. Athena starts by telling Telemachus to c ....