In order to find his father.
praying beside Telemachus' ship before he was to leave to go back to Ithaca
praying beside Telemachus' ship before he was to leave to go back to Ithaca
He had to go fight in the Trojan war
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.
That his father is not dead and is in Ithaca
praying beside Telemachus' ship before he was to leave to go back to 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.
praying beside Telemachus' ship before he was to leave to go back to Ithaca
He had to go fight in the Trojan war
Athena advises Telemachus to leave Ithaca and travel on a journey to find his father, Odysseus
Eumaios the swineherd
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.
That his father is not dead and is in Ithaca
The ambush of suitors waiting in Ithaca
God
yes
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.