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A mentor is a concerned counselor

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A mentor is a concerned counselor

When Odysseus, hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey, set out for the siege of Troy, he was afraid that he was going to be gone for quite some time; so, he left his household and his wife, Penelope, in the care of his trusted friend, Mentor.

When Odysseus was gone, things went from bad to worse in his house because of Penelope's suitors drinking up the contents of the wine-cellar and butchering the cattle for their own use.

The wise goddess, Pallas Athene, saw what was going on from the Olympian heaven, and became concerned that Odysseus wouldn't have any home to come back to; so, she asked Zeus, the father of the gods, whether she shouldn't go down and help out.

He agreed that she should; so, Athene assumed the shape of Mentor and whispered a great deal of sound advice into the ear of young Telemachus, son of Odysseus. As a result, even to this day, a mentor is considered to be a wise counselor.

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Type: Prose
Context: Book
Context Details: http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/4262/?spage=&letter=
Source: Word Origins and Their Romantic Stories

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