"Few sons are the equals of their fathers;
most fall short, all too few surpass them.
But you, brave and adept from this day on –
Odysseus’ cunning has hardly given out in you –
there’s every hope that you will reach your goal."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 2, lines 309-313. Athena assures Telemachus that he will have bravery and his father’s cunning from this day on. She believes that the young prince has his father’s good qualities in abundance.