How Does Telemachus Keep Faith In The Odyssey

This story, Odyssey, written by Homer, is an extremely commonly known epic poem. Not only is this story common it is special, it is an epic-- an incredibly long poem composed by books instead of chapters--. This book was created sometime around 650-750 BC, and has lasted and shown many connections to modern day morals and values. The Odyssey is about Odysseus’ 10-year struggle to return home after the Trojan War. While Odysseus battles mythical creatures and faces the wrath of the gods, his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus keep off suitors competing for Penelope's hand and Ithaca's throne long enough for Odysseus to return. This book shockingly has changed the lives of many who read it. For instance, veterans from old wars have had

This is near the end of Odysseus’ last stop, home. Here the metaphor is how keeping faith brings a husband and wife back together. Penelope, after confronted by the disguised Odysseus, comes up with a task for all suitors: “The test involves stringing Odysseus' huge bow, an impossible feat for anyone except Odysseus himself” (Homer page 936). This shows how faithful Penelope was when she was told that Odysseus would soon come. She proposes a task, something only the true Odysseus could complete; this shows how she continued to believe in the return and the profusion of happiness they would have when he came home. In the face of many suitors who wanted to marry her, she never cheated and stayed loyal, and stayed faithful to her husband

This is yet another highly allegorical book in the Odyssey. Odysseus has been gone, from Ithaca, for almost twenty years. Before he left, he had a very energetic puppy that was full of life and named Argos. When the reader is introduced to Argos he is lying on a pile of dung and forgotten by the evil suitors. But when Odysseus comes back disguised as a beggar only one animal immediately recognizes him… Argos. After this Argos is impacted by, “death and darkness in that instant closed / the eyes of Argos, who had seen his master, / Odysseus, after twenty years” (Homer lines 1079-1081). From this the reader can see how loving and faithful his dog was, when everyone forgot about the hero the dog kept faith to see him again till “death and darkness”. This was a very sentimental moment and shows how faithfulness, even in a dog, can be very real. Once again the Odyssey has shown major love to how important it is to stay faithful and keeping