Book 3: Pylos to Sparta

True or False: Nestor told Telemachus that Menelaus and Agamemnon go into a fight at Troy. Menelaus wanted to make offerings to the gods while Agamemnon wanted to sail for home. CORRECT IF NECESSARY.

False; Agamemnon wanted to make offerings, and Menelaus wanted to sail.

How do we know that Nestor was extremely impressed that Telemachus was traveling with Athene?

Nestor said that Telemachus was going to be a great hero one day because the gods waited upon in this way while he was young.

What was Nestor's answer to Telemachus' question?

Nestor said that he returned to Pylos quickly and had only heard about the fate of some Greeks and not Odysseus.

Nestor sent____________with Telamachus on his journey to Menelaus.

Pisistratus

What was Telemachus' question for Nestor?

Telemachus wanted to know how Odysseus had died, in battle or at sea, because no one else had been able to certify where he died.