Summary of book three

Book three
Telemachos sails to Pylos with Athena. There, he goes and meets a man named Nestor the King; a man who fought with Odysseus in the Trojan war. Telemachos and Mentor (Athena) are invited into Nestors house to eat dinner. After they have eaten, Nestor asks Telemachos why he is here. Telemachos tells him about what is happening at his house and that he is coming to find word of what might have happened to his father. Nestor tells Telemachos that he doesn't know what happened to Odysseus after he sailed off in the first fleet of ships. Nestor says that in his voyage home the sea was not good to them, and that many ships were lost. He also tells him that those that made it home quick died, like Agemenon who was killed by his wife and cousin. Telemachos is told to go see Menelaus (King of Sparta) and ask about his father. Before they leave Athena turns into a bird, and Nestor makes a sacrifice. Telemachos spent the night at Diocles, and then at Dawn, they were off on horse back.

Nestor- He helped fight the centaurs, and participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. His horse in the Trojan War was killed by Paris. Son of Neleus and Choris. Killed Mulies, son in law of king Augeas. Heracles killed his father and brother.