Telemachus comes to Eumaeus' hut to find him talking to Odysseus, though he sees his father only as a strange man. Eumaeus tells Telemachus Odysseus' fabricated story, asks Telemachus to allow the stranger to stay with him at the palace, but Telemachus is afraid of what the suitors will do to the stranger. Eumaeus then exits to tell Penelope that her son has returned.
Alone with his son, Athena appears to Odysseus and asks him to come outside. Upon re-entering the hut, Athena removes his disguise. At first, Telemachus cannot believe what he is seeing, but soon the men embrace and weep. Odysseus tells Telemachus what has happened so far with the Phaeacians, and he begins discussing how he will destroy the suitors. He plans to disguise himself as a beggar, and Telemachus will.....
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