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Telemachus
Telemachus ( ; Ancient Greek: Τηλέμαχος "Tēlemakhos", literally "far-fighter") is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Penelope, and a central character in Homer's "Odyssey". 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".
Etymology.
Telemachus's name in Greek means "
the island of Ogygia, Athena, assuming the appearance of Mentes, king of the Taphians, went to Ithaca, and advised Telemachus to eject the troublesome suitors of his mother from his house, and to go to Pylos and Sparta, to gather information concerning his father. Telemachus followed the advice, but the suitors refused to quit his house; and Athena, in the form of Mentes, accompanied Telemachus to Pylos. There they were hospitably received by Nestor, who also sent his own son to conduct Telemachus to Sparta.