In this mythological postscript, Odysseus is accidentally killed by Telegonus, his unknown son by the goddess Circe.
The Telegony was a short two-book epic poem recounting the life and death of Odysseus after the events of the Odyssey. Following the suitors' failure at this task, Odysseus reveals himself and he and Telemachus bring swift and bloody death to the suitors.
He would have completed the task, nearly stringing the bow on his fourth attempt however, Odysseus subtly stops him before he can finish his attempt. When Penelope challenges the suitors to string Odysseus' bow and shoot an arrow through the handle-holes of twelve axe heads, Telemachus is the first to attempt the task. Telemachus then returns to the palace to keep an eye on the suitors and to await his father as the beggar. After Odysseus reveals himself to Telemachus due to Athena's advice, the two men plan the downfall of the suitors. He visits Eumaeus, the swineherd, who happens to be hosting a disguised Odysseus. Telemachus focuses on his father's return to Ithaca in Book XV. Telemachus also learns from Menelaus that his father was last seen stranded on Ogygia. Whilst there, Telemachus is again treated as an honored guest as Menelaus and Helen tell complementary yet contradictory stories of his father's exploits at Troy. Telemachus then departs with Nestor's son Peisistratus, who accompanies him to the halls of Menelaus and his wife Helen. Telemachus first visits Nestor and is well received by the old man who regales him with stories of his father's glory. During his absence, Odysseus' house has been occupied by hordes of suitors seeking the hand of Penelope. At the outset of Telemachus' journey, Odysseus had been absent from his home at Ithaca for twenty years due to the Trojan War and the intervention of Poseidon. In Homer's Odyssey, Telemachus, under the instructions of Athena (who accompanies him during the quest), spends the first four books trying to gain knowledge of his father, Odysseus, who left for Troy when Telemachus was still an infant. Slaughter of the suitors by Odysseus and Telemachus, Campanian red-figure bell- krater, ca.
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