... news of his father. Telemachus is leaving his home, crossing water. The idea of crossing water is seen as a metaphor that signifies the colossal physical and mental journey in which he is about to undertake. The darkness in which Telemachus leaves in and the light in which he returns characterises the death and rebirth that has taken place in Telemachus" life. It is Athena's intention that this journey will teach ... , talking and keeping silent and he also learns about the Gods from Menelaus. Almost immediately we can see results of the first stages of Telemachus" "rites of passage" trai...

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... out to be Gilgamesh's question of life as we will see. The Odyssey is somewhat different in the format of events, so we do not know much about Odysseus until later in the story. But due to reading the Iliad we know that Odysseus is the king of Ithaca and he is a major part of the Trojan war. In the beginning of the Odyssey, we do know that Odysseus has a family which is struggling ... without him. He will come to realize his family means more to the preservation of his life than anything he could learn in war. So both of our characters are very well off, thanks to the gods. As we know, ...

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