Question

When Mentes visits Telemachus to predict that Odysseus is still alive in Book One, he encourages Telemachus to banish the suitors from his estate and travel to Pylos and Sparta. What do you know about ancient Greek culture and Telemachus that would make Telemachus so inclined to take this advice from someone he barely knows? Select all that apply.

-Telemachus had a feeling that Mentes was a god or goddess in disguise; thus, it made Mentes seem all the more trustworthy and reliable.
-When an elder, particularly a friend of one's father, suggests something, one is obligated to comply.
-His mother is at her wits' end, and he fears that she may soon lose her mind if he does not do as Mentes suggests.
-According to Greek culture, women cannot live without a spouse for extended periods of time; therefore, his mother would have been forced to marry a suitor shortly.
-Telemachus was still holding onto the faint hope that his father was alive; thus, he was more willing to take a chance in the hopes that this was true.

Answer 1

All of them seem true

Answer 2

Answer: -Telemachus had a feeling that Mentes was a god or goddess in disguise; thus, it made Mentes seem all the more trustworthy and reliable.

-Telemachus was still holding onto the faint hope that his father was alive; thus, he was more willing to take a chance in the hopes that this was true.

Explanation: the other alternatives are not so exact.