Question

Identify the three disguises that Athena uses to help Telemachus in Books 1 & 2.

Answer 1

Book I : She appeared to Telemachus as Mentes, a

Taphian

Book II : As Telemachus was walking away at the end of the

Ithacan assembly, Athena appeared to him as Mentor. Then disguises herself as

Telemachus and went among the Ithacan pleading for their help as he journey to Pylos and Sparta. Then to

avoid her suitors, she again disguised as Mentor and urges Telemachus to sail.

Answer 2

Book I : She appeared to Telemachus as Mentes, a Taphian

Book II : As Telemachus was walking away at the end of the Ithacan assembly, Athena appeared to him as Mentor. Then disguises herself as Telemachus and went among the Ithacan pleading for their help as he journey to Pylos and Sparta. Then to avoid her suitors, she again disguised as Mentor and urges Telemachus to sail.

So the 3 disguises are: Mentes, Mentor, and Telemachus