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Suitors Plot to Ambush Telemachus from "The Odyssey". In Ithaca, the suitors learn of Telemachus's voyage and plot to ambush him on his return. Penelope, informed by Medon, grieves and prays to Athena.

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Suitors Plot to Ambush Telemachus

In Ithaca, the suitors learn of Telemachus's voyage and plot to ambush him on his return. Penelope, informed by Medon, grieves and prays to Athena. Athena sends a dream to comfort Penelope, assuring her of Telemachus's safety.