In Book One, Athena disguises herself as the trusted family friend Mentes. She hopes that as Mentes, she can convince Telemachus to hold an assembly and rebuke his mother’s suitors. She also wants to convince Telemachus to commission a boat and crew to search Hellas for his father Odysseus or news of his fate.
What does Mentes suggest Telemachus do?
The goddess Athena, disguised as Mentes, advises Telemachus to visit Pylos and Sparta. This encouragement inspires Telemachus, and his experiences as a traveler help him to mature. When he returns to Ithaca, he is ready to help Odysseus defeat the suitors.
Who is the mentor in the Odyssey?
Homer’s The Odyssey chronicles Odysseus’s journey home in the years following the Trojan War. As he is making his way back, the goddess Athena appears to his son, Telemachus, in the form of an old family friend, Mentor, to offer him support and guidance in his father’s absence.
Who does Athena disguise herself as in Book 6?
princess Nausicaa
Summary: Book 6 That night, Athena appears in a dream to the Phaeacian princess Nausicaa, disguised as her friend.
What reason does Odysseus give for killing the suitors?
Why does Odysseus kill the suitors? Odysseus wants revenge on the suitors. They have wasted a lot of his wealth, by living at his expense during his absence. More importantly, by taking advantage of his absence, the suitors have insulted Odysseus and damaged his reputation.
Why is Penelope upset and why does she leave?
Why is she upset, and why does she leave? They play a song that reminds her of grief, so she leaves.
Who does Penelope marry in the Odyssey?
Penelope, in Greek mythology, a daughter of Icarius of Sparta and the nymph Periboea and wife of the hero Odysseus. They had one son, Telemachus.
Who are mentor and Eumaeus in the Odyssey?
In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus. When Odysseus left for the Trojan War, he placed Mentor and Eumaeus (Odysseus’ foster-brother) in charge of his son Telemachus, and of Odysseus’ palace. When Athena visited Telemachus, she took the disguise of Mentor to hide herself from the suitors of Telemachus’s mother Penelope.
Who was Athena in the form of mentor?
As Mentor, the goddess encouraged Telemachus to stand up against the suitors and go abroad to find out what happened to his father. When Odysseus returned to Ithaca, Athena appeared briefly in the form of Mentor again at Odysseus’ palace.
Why did Athena sail to Temese disguised as Mentes?
Athena, disguised as him, tells Telemachus that he is sailing to the city of Temese with his own crew, claiming that he is in search of copper. “Mentes” (truly Athena) recommends that Telemachus should call a counsel to try to remove the suitors.
Who is Melanthius and what did he do to Odysseus?
Melanthius is a treacherous and opportunistic goatherd who supports the suitors, especially Eurymachus, and abuses the beggar who appears in Odysseus’s palace, not realizing that the man is Odysseus himself.
