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Telemachus is vital character in The Odyssey. Many people sustain different opinions about Telemachus. Such as whether he was a true warrior or if he had lived up to his father’s kleos, who knows? Telemachus starts off in the book at the age of fourteen and his father, Odysseus left him at the age of one. Which means Telemachus practically does not know his father. He matures with the help of a mentor named, Athena. But when he was about fifteen she stuck it to him and told him that he needed to grow up and rescue his father, and that she would help him along the way. Telemachus did just that and got his act together. He told his mom to continue stalling the suitors and went out on a quest to find Odysseus. However, in the end he goes on the quest to find his Odysseus and ends up running into him right back where he started, on the island of Ithaca. His name is said to come from thes Greek words distance and fighter. Which brings me back to the point, What did or did not Telemachus do to earn his name? And do you think he deserves a name such as he has?