Telemachus travels to see Nestorwho he speaks to in Book 3because he wants to know more
information about where his father is.
Athena is the one who sends Telemachus
on the journey to see Nestor, though his palace is only the first stop. He's supposed to travel
to see Menelaus next. If he finds out his father is alive, he has to come home and wait for his
father while Odysseus makes his way home. If he discovers that Odysseus has perished, however,
he is supposed to come home, observe the proper mourning rituals, and then make his mother marry
another.
Nestor, King of Pylos, is a soldier who fought in the Trojan War,
much like Odysseus, Telemachus's father. Since they fought together, Telemachus believes that
Nestor might have information about Odysseus's whereabouts. Nestor says that he left without
hearing the fates of the others. He has heard of some men who returned home since then but he
doesn't know about Odysseus.
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