Odysseus makes a sign with his eyebrows, and Telemachus readies his weapons and joins his father next to the bow.
He warns him not to get the suitors angry with him, or they will kill him
He tells him to go home and wait for his fathers arrival as a beggar. He warns Telemachus not to interfere if the suitors are rise but to wait for the signal to hide all the weapons except his own. He also reminds Telemachus not to let any one know that he has returned.
Odysseus tests the suitors by disguising himself as a beggar and observing their behavior towards him. He also sets up a challenge involving his great bow, with the condition that only someone strong enough to string the bow can marry Penelope. This test ultimately reveals the true nature of the suitors.
Because he is too old. The servants are boys with fresh cloaks.
Amphinomous. Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, warns Amphinomous that although he is a well-respected man and a considerable person, if he does not leave the house, he will be killed by Odysseus when he returns home.Amphinomous feels a dark forboding, but does not return to his home. Instead he stays, and is eventually killed by Telemachus with a thrown spear.
He warns him not to get the suitors angry with him, or they will kill him
the excuse that telemachus gives to the suitors is that he will clean the weapons
He tells him to go home and wait for his fathers arrival as a beggar. He warns Telemachus not to interfere if the suitors are rise but to wait for the signal to hide all the weapons except his own. He also reminds Telemachus not to let any one know that he has returned.
Odysseus had asked his son to lock the armory so that the suitors cannot defend themselves. After successfully shooting an arrow through the holes of the twelve axes, Odysseus shoots Antinous in the throat, and the suitors realize who the beggar - Odysseus - is. They try to flee, then attempt to get Odysseus away from the door so that they can escape. While Odysseus continues to shoot the suitors down, his son, Telemachus, gets spears and shields from the armory. After Odysseus runs out of arrows, he and his son use the spears to kill the suitors. They are helped by two servants. Eventually, Athena, goddess of war, makes her presence known in the form of a shield, and the suitors give up hope, and are slaughtered. Odysseus had killed 108 men, including 12 servants who had betrayed Odysseus (the maids had slept with the suitors, and a servant had mocked Odysseus when he was a beggar).
Odysseus tests the suitors by disguising himself as a beggar and observing their behavior towards him. He also sets up a challenge involving his great bow, with the condition that only someone strong enough to string the bow can marry Penelope. This test ultimately reveals the true nature of the suitors.
Odysseus told Penelope to make sure the suitors did not gain control of their household, to stay faithful to him, and to keep their son Telemachus safe.
She gives Telemachus the advice to go in search of news of his father, Odysseus.
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.
Eurymachus promises Odysseus that the suitors will pay Odysseus for all they have eaten and drunk, with each one paying a fine worth 20 oxen. Eurymachus also promises that they will give Odysseus gold and bronze until Odysseus forgives them.
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.
When Odysseus returns to Ithaca, he finds that his home has been taken over by suitors vying for his wife Penelope's hand in marriage. Disguised as a beggar, Odysseus plots and ultimately executes a plan to reclaim his throne, kill the suitors, and restore order. He then reveals his true identity to Penelope and reunites with his son Telemachus and eventually reestablishes his authority as the rightful king of Ithaca.
"Odysseus to Telemachus" is a poem by Joseph Brodsky where Odysseus, the legendary Greek hero, advises his son Telemachus to embrace the challenges and uncertainties of life with courage and resilience. The poem underscores the importance of perseverance and self-discovery in the face of adversity, drawing parallels between Odysseus' epic journey and the challenges that Telemachus will face in his own life. It ultimately conveys a message of hope and endurance in the face of life's trials.