Telemachus answered, filled with heart, the heart Athena herself inspired, to ask for the news about his father, gone so long, and make his name throughout the mortal world.

Poised Telemachus answered,
filled with heart, the heart Athena herself inspired,
to ask for the news about his father, gone so long,
and make his name throughout the mortal world.

– Homer

The Odyssey, Book 3, lines 83-86. Telemachus is inspired by Athena with the courage to ask King Nestor for news about his father Odysseus.

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