Telemachus In The Odyssey

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After Telemachus talked to Manuals, to find out the truth of his father, Menelaus said, “if only that Odysseus sported with these suitors, a blood wedding” (4.396). Menelaus describes how clever and tough Odysseus is if he took action and killed the suitors if he was their.
Everyone and even the gods had told all positive things about Odysseus. Odysseus wasn't just famous but he was a stealthy and cunning man.

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