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Odysseus is staying at the swineherd’s house when Telemakhos arrives from his trip. Telemakhos doesn’t know that he is his father and just assumes he is an old traveler. He sends the swine herder to tell Penelope that he has arrives safely. When the swine herder arrives at the castle and tells Penelope, the suitors get extremely worried. They had been waiting for Telemakhos so they could kill him before he got to his mother. The suitors held a meeting and some of them wanted to kill Telemakhos but they agreed to consult the gods before taking any action. Penelope finds out they were plotting to kill her son and she confronts them but they lie to her saying that they would protect Telemakhos. Then they stuffed themselves and went to sleep.

Meanwhile, back at the swine header’s house, Odysseus and Telemakhos talk, and suddenly Athena appears. She and Odysseus talk and she tells him it’s okay to reveal his identity to Telemakhos. She changes him into a young man. When Telemakhos sees Odysseus, he thinks he is a god and at first doesn’t believe that he is his father. They make a plan that Odysseus will go to the mansion dressed as a beggar while Telemakhos hides all of the weapons from the suitors, telling them that they are too old.