Within Telemachus’s great journey in The Odyssey, Telemachus gains incredible knowledge and obtains a crew, which allows for Telemachus to attempt to find Odysseus. When leaving Ithaca, Telemachus obtains a crew, “When they came down to the sea and reached the boat they found their long-haired crew waiting on the beach… He led off and the crew followed. They brought down all the stores and stowed them in their well-built ship” (2.404-414). This caused Telemachus to then travel the ocean to Pylos in search of his father. Without the help of these townsfolk waiting beside the sea, Telemachus would have been unable to complete his journey, since he lacked the needed men and the supplies that these people helped obtain. In addition, after reaching
