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Odysseus and Telemachus

According to Greek mythology and legend, Telemachus was the son of Penelope and Odysseus, a Trojan War hero whose return trip home took 10 years. In the epic, Odyssey, by the Greek poet Homer, Telemachus asked the gods to him find his father. In this 1907 illustration, Odysseus makes himself known to his son after he finally returned home - but he keeps his presence a secret until he rids his palace of the suitors trying to win his wife's hand in marriage.
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Odysseus and Telemachus
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According to Greek mythology and legend, Telemachus was the son of Penelope and Odysseus, a Trojan War hero whose return trip home took 10 years. In the epic, Odyssey, by the Greek poet Homer, Telemachus asked the gods to him find his father. In this 1907 illustration, Odysseus makes himself known to his son after he finally returned home - but he keeps his presence a secret until he rids his palace of the suitors trying to win his wife's hand in marriage.
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3512 x 5220 px | 52.5 MB
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29.7 x 44.2 cm | 11.7 x 17.4 in (300 dpi)
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10 1907 ACCORDING ASKED BUT CASTLE CULT DAD DWELLING EPIC FATHER FINALLY FIND FORTRESS GO BACK GODS GRECO GREECE GREEK MYTH: ODYSSEE GREEK GREEKS GUERRA HELENICO HELENISTICO HELLENIC HELLENISTIC HERO HEROS HIMSELF HIS HOME HOMER HOMER, ODYSSEE HOMERO HOUSE HUNDRED YEARS WAR ILLUSTRATION ILLUSTRATIONS JOURNEY JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVEL JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVELS KEEPS KNOWN LEGEND LEISURE MAKES MYTHOLOGY ODYSSEE ODYSSEE, HOMER ODYSSEUS ODYSSEY PALACE PALACES PALACIO PALAIS PALAZZO PENELOPE POET PRESENCE RETURN RETURNED RIDS RITE RITUAL SECRET SON SUITORS TELEMACHUS THRIP TOOK TRAVEL TRAVELING TRAVELS TRIP TRIPS TROJAN ULYSSES UNTIL VOYAGE WAR WARFARE WARS WATER WHOSE YEARS