Map of the Odyssey

STARTING IN ITHACA

Personally

•Telemachos is the future king of Ithaca.

•Telemachos is wholly devoted to his mother and to maintaining his father’s

estate

Geographically

•Telemachos was born and raised in Ithaca

•Ithaca is an island of the west coast of Greece

Culturally

The goddess Athena takes on the form of

both mentor and mentes to help

Telemachos through his journey

What happened to Telemachos at Pylos?

Personally

•Gains the courage to talk to those who are older in years and have need for a high respect•Telemachos shows that he knows how to conduct himself in public and demonstrates his great speaking abilities that he has inherited from his father•Gets retold the story of Troy from Nestor

Geographically

•It is the closest to Telemachos’s home in Ithaca•On the coast•Has great bays for Telemachos’s ship to easily make port and dock

Culturally

•Welcomed as an outsider•Joins the feast to Lord Poseidon which included the nine messes that each included 500 people and nine bulls •Also partakes in the worship of Athena after she showed herself to Nestor

Return To Ithaca

Personally

While Telemachos and Athena are

journeying back to Ithaca from Sparta, the suitors realize that Telemachos is

gone, and they plan to ambush

Telemachos and Athena during their

return.

Geographically

In Greece, between Ithaca and Sparta.

Culturally

Town meetings were common. Sailing was a

main form of transportation.