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Athena Visits Telemachus from "The Odyssey". Disguised as Mentes, Athena arrives in Ithaca and finds the suitors feasting.

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Athena Visits Telemachus

Disguised as Mentes, Athena arrives in Ithaca and finds the suitors feasting. She advises Telemachus to call an assembly, confront the suitors, and journey to Pylos and Sparta for news of his father. Telemachus recognizes her divinity and gains courage.