children’s museum of ithaca

CHILDREN

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T E L E M A C H O S ' JO U R N E Y

JJ ConnKatie MillerHannah NewmanBen Ruttenberg Vachana Vegirouthu

STOP #1: ITHACA

STOP #1: ITHACA

Telemachos grew up in this city without his father.

Telemachos’ house was always full of men, wanting to marry his mother. Telemachos did not like the suitors.

At Ithaca, Telemachos talked to an old family friend who was really the goddess Athena.

Athena told Telemachos to go on a journey to find out if his father was alive. Telemachos

called a meeting to tell the men not to marry his mother an that he was going to try to find out about his father.With the help

of Athena, he was ready for his trip.

STOP #2: PYLOS

T E L E M A C H O S V I S I T S N E S T O R I N P Y L O S T O A S K A B O U T H I S FAT H E R O DY S S E U S ’ W H E R E A B O U T S .

N E S T O R S AY S T H AT H E D O E S N O T K N O W W H E R E O DY S S E U S I S , B U T M E N E L A O S , T H E K I N G O F S PA RTA , D O E S .

Telemachos’ Journey to Pylos

STOP #3: SPARTA

Telemachos’ 3rd Stop in Sparta

Telemachos stops in

Sparta to see Menelaus and

Helena.

Menelaus and Helen tell

Telemachos stories about

Odysseus’ heroic acts

They also tell Menelaus that

his father, Odysseus is alive. They inform him

that Calypso is imprisoning Odysseus on her island.

Menelaus and Helen inform Telemachos that

the suitors plan to ambush him.

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