Penelope and Telemachus are absent to Odysseus because they are back in Ithaca and Odysseus is deserted to travel back alone. Odysseus longs for the family reunion, mourning and grieving over the fact that family is not whole. Ever since the beginning of The Odyssey, Homer constantly pushes the plot by providing motivation for Odysseus: Penelope and Telemachus. Despite the years spent with beautiful nymph Calypso, Odysseus never fails to grieve over the absence of his beloved wife Penelope.
Odysseus is impelled to go back to Ithaca because he wants to be with his family, therefore change the absence to presence. Addition to his dreadful emotional state after the Trojan War, Odysseus is left in the cold alone, away from the actual family he
Odysseus is impelled to go back to Ithaca because he wants to be with his family, therefore change the absence to presence. Addition to his dreadful emotional state after the Trojan War, Odysseus is left in the cold alone, away from the actual family he