"Bring these men to be our guests: unhitch their team!" (paraphrase of entire quotation from book: there is no question about them staying here!)
take care of the horses and bring the men to the house
Menelaus wished to give Telemachus "three stallions and a chariot burnished bright...and a gorgeous cup." Telemachus regretfully declined these gifts for his own reasons. In exchange, Menelaus instead gave Telemachus "a mixing bowl...solid silver finished off with a lip of gold."
Menelaus gives Telemachus a goblet while Athena gives Telemachus a wedding dress.
Menelaus gave Helen a silver bowl and an embroidered robe
Menelaus wished to give Telemachus "three stallions and a chariot burnished bright...and a gorgeous cup." Telemachus regretfully declined these gifts for his own reasons. In exchange, Menelaus instead gave Telemachus "a mixing bowl...solid silver finished off with a lip of gold."
take care of the horse and bring the men to the house
He did not find a lot of joy in them and would give them up if he could bring back the men who perished in the land of Troy.
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Menelaus gave Helen a silver bowl and an embroidered robe
Menelaus wished to give Telemachus "three stallions and a chariot burnished bright...and a gorgeous cup." Telemachus regretfully declined these gifts for his own reasons. In exchange, Menelaus instead gave Telemachus "a mixing bowl...solid silver finished off with a lip of gold."
She gives Telemachus the advice to go in search of news of his father, Odysseus.
Athena visits Telemachus to give him strength, courage, and encouragement. She also sets him on his way to ready for Odysseus eventual return to Ithaca. She gets Telemachus to go on a boat provided by Noemon to search for word of Odysseus' fate. He first went to Pylos, and then on to the court of Menelaus (in Sparta) to get word. She then provided several other instances of help, including protecting Telemachus, protecting Odysseus.
It is thought that Homer was a Babylonian who was taken hostage by the Greeks. Another theory states that the Oracle at Delphi claimed he was the Ithacan son of Epikaste and Telemachus from the Odyssey.
In book 1, Telemachus tells the suitors that he will officially give them notice to leave in the morning. He tells the suitors that if they persist in eating at his house, Jove will reckon with them and they will eventually fall in his house (thinly veiled death-threats), with no man left to avenge them. He also tells the suitors to enjoy themselves and not fight, so that they can heard the bard Phemius. He also tells them that the visitor was an old friend of his father Odysseus; Mentes, son of Anchialus, chief of the Taphians.
the excuse that telemachus gives to the suitors is that he will clean the weapons
In Book 4 of the Odyssey, Helen gives Telemakhos a robe of fine linen that she herself embroidered.
That his father is not dead and is in Ithaca
Odysseus warns Telemachus to be cautious of the suitors who are trying to take advantage of his absence to win Penelope's hand in marriage and take control of his kingdom. He advises Telemachus to think carefully before taking any action and to trust only a few loyal allies.
Ancient Greek mythology does not give a date.