When putting Telemakhos' indirect characterization forth and examining the meaning of his hopelessness it is obvious Telemakhos feels pain of the truth that he does not sense a shred of belief in his father's, Odysseus', impending homecoming. Telemakhos' youth was spent without a father or father figure, for Odysseus moved to participate in the Trojan war, in which he survived, but didn't make it home until multiple years after the 10-year war. This could fuel Telemakhos' hunt for answers to what happened to his father. Mentor, or Athena in disguise, mentions, that any god could save a man simply by wishing it, referencing Odysseus, although no man could escape the chilling grasp of death (Homer). Telemakhos completely denies this fact and
