Athena was disguised as a male visitor.
Athena does not appear in The Odyssey in physical form as Penelope, the wife of Odysseus. While Athena does intervene to protect and guide Odysseus, she does not directly appear as Penelope in the first four books of the epic.
It has not released yet
Why have you not started looking? It would not have taken you long - she is on page two!
He at first does not believe it is actually his father.....then his father explains that Athena disguised him and then Telemachus is overjoyed of course!
The book will be available Oct. 2, 2012. Below is link to except to the first chapter of The Mark of Athena.
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At first, Odysseus is disguised as an old beggar by Athena. When his disguise is lifted, Telemachus believes he is a God and then after some persuasion believes that Odysseus really is his father.
True. In the epic poem "The Odyssey," Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, tells Penelope that her husband is alive and well, but has not returned home yet. Penelope is skeptical at first but eventually believes him.
He's really hospitable to Mentes (Athena) when she visits him in the first book. he welcomes her and feeds her, then offers her a place to stay and a gift to for her journey.
We don't know what the whole book of "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan will be about, but he did release the first chapter online. We know it will continue the adventures of Percy Jackson and the other people of Camp Half-Blood.
As far as the reunion of father and son is concerned, we see a key moments in this event in Odyssey 13 and 15. In Odyssey 13, when Odysseus returns to Ithaca, he encountered Athena, who disguises him as a beggar and tells him to go first to the hut of the swineherd Eumaeus.Similarly, in Odyssey 15, Athena visits Telemachus, who has been out searching for his father. The goddess meets him in Lacedaemon (Sparta) and tells him it is time to return home to Ithaca. When Telemachus arrives in Ithaca, she also tells him to go to the hut of the swineherd Eumaeaus.
The first person to approach Odysseus upon his return to Ithaca is Athena disguised as a young shepherd. She warns him that his home is full of enemies and advises him on how to handle the situation.