About a year. He spent some time with Nestor, stayed in Sparta for a month, and then traveled for a bit.
In Ithaca, Penelope and Telemachus are awaiting for Odysseus' s long return. In the beginning this is pretty much all that's going on.
In order to find his father.
Upon Telemachus' return to Ithaca, he would have reunited with his mother Penelope and set about reclaiming his place as the rightful heir to the throne, which was originally held by his father Odysseus. Telemachus would have faced the challenge of dealing with the suitors who were vying for his mother's hand in marriage and would have needed to assert his authority as the new ruler of Ithaca.
praying beside Telemachus' ship before he was to leave to go back to Ithaca
That his father is not dead and is in Ithaca
Telemachus decides to leave Ithaca to gather news of his father. Antinuous and the other suitors arrange for some of the suitors to follow Telemachus from Ithaca and kill him on the seas.
In Ithaca, Penelope and Telemachus are awaiting for Odysseus' s long return. In the beginning this is pretty much all that's going on.
Eumaios the swineherd
In order to find his father.
Upon Telemachus' return to Ithaca, he would have reunited with his mother Penelope and set about reclaiming his place as the rightful heir to the throne, which was originally held by his father Odysseus. Telemachus would have faced the challenge of dealing with the suitors who were vying for his mother's hand in marriage and would have needed to assert his authority as the new ruler of Ithaca.
praying beside Telemachus' ship before he was to leave to go back to Ithaca
yes
The ambush of suitors waiting in Ithaca
That his father is not dead and is in Ithaca
God
praying beside Telemachus' ship before he was to leave to go back to Ithaca
Telemachus blames the suitors and their disrespectful behavior towards his mother Penelope and their abuse of his father's hospitality for the problems in Ithaca. He feels that they are responsible for the chaos and disorder in his household.