Telemachus

defeated in the race of life.”- Marcus Garvey. Telemachus has the handsome appearance of his renowned father, but more importantly he has inherited Odysseus’s character. Many times, you have to grow up in your own. You have to learn things you may have learned from someone else even if they aren’t there to teach you. In this story you will see how Telemachus learns to get through without his father. Throughout the monumental story of the Odyssey, Telemachus seems to be falling into Odysseus's…

the sophisticated courts of two rich and powerful kingdoms, to return home a grown man.” (introduction, pg 9). Crucial to this maturation is Athena, who assumes the role of father figure for Telemachus. Telemachus had no father in his life, since Odysseus left for Troy when Telemachus was an infant. Telemachus was an infant when his father left for Troy, as evidenced by the tale of Odysseus’ call to Troy. Desperate to stay with his family, Odysseus attempts to fake insanity by plowing a beach,…

mortals, and Odysseus is one of the select few. 2. Prince Telemachus exemplifies greek hospitality, or xenia. At this point in book one, Telemachus is sitting amidst his mothers numerous suitors. He allows the multitudes of men to take their seat in the Great Hall and lets the suitors eat and drink to…

Odysseus, Telemachus’ father, has not returned home from the war in Troy for twenty years. Poseidon, the god of the sea, leaves him trapped on a island in the middle of the sea. During his absence his palace on Ithaca has been overrun by suitors for his wife, Penelope, and his son Telemachus is too immature to kick them out. Athena, the goddess of wisdom, disguised as Mentes urges Telemachus to go on a journey to visit the great kings of Pylos and Sparta. The journey is necessary for Telemachus…

epic poem, The Odyssey, Homer introduces a troubled young boy named Telemachus. In the beginning of Book One Telemachus is portrayed as a spoiled and immature boy who mentally, never grew up. He does not participate in combat, rather he is cooped up in his household with the servants taking care of him, for he never had any parental figures to look up to. Athena, goddess of wisdom and daughter of Zeus, comes down to aid Telemachus. She is there to teach him what is right and what is wrong,…

Growing up in a questionable situation can be difficult for anyone. Telemachus has been raised without his father, a lost man whose location and status are unknown, and is now facing an assortment of struggles through uninvited guests and complicated circumstances that are testing him and his abilities. Through the first four books of Homer’s The Odyssey, Telemachus is able to set up the story for the rest of Homer’s tale. He experiences predicaments of his own as the journey begins. However,…

stories of Odysseus’ travels and introduces his teenage son, Telemachus, who is also facing many problems at home. He has trouble getting rid of his mother’s suitors, who have invited themselves into his home, and he struggles to mature while looking for his father. His mother, Penelope, is incredibly depressed over Odysseus, which leaves Telemachus alone and without guidance. However, over the course of the first four books, Telemachus transforms from a boy to a man when he defends his home and…

a classic known by many worldwide. In this book we find Odysseus going through many hardships before finally getting back to his hometown in Ithaca. What helped him go through these hardships is the though of getting back to his family, his son Telemachus and his wife Penelope. “Agamemnon” written by Aeschylus, is a tragic story whose main character, Agamemnon, undergoes a chain of events that are both similar and different from each other. One of the similarities between these two characters…

recognizable that Telemachus of The Odyssey by Homer is a hero, Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson surpasses Telemachus in his heroism and nobility by a landslide. Although people may believe Telemachus is favored by the gods, brave, and even caring, Percy Jackson exceeds all of these things because he is not just helped by the gods but given powers from them, is much more braver than Telemachus, and will do anything, absolutely anything to save his friends and family. To begin, Telemachus is favored…

Both Odysseus and Telemachus play extremely pivotal and important roles in Homer’s The Odyssey. The phrase “like father like son” can easily describe the similarities between Odysseus and Telemachus’s characters. However, no human beings are exactly alike as both characters also share a great number of differences. So although Odysseus and Telemachus are both similar in the way that they’re great heroic warriors, they differ in craftiness and arrogance which reflect Ancient Greek values.…