Solon states in The Ages of Man that a boy goes from “A child in his infancy grows his first set of teeth and loses them in seven years” to a man aged around twenty-one “to show that he is passing from the status of a youth to that of a man”. If we look at Telemachus and at what stage he is in relation to Solon's idea of ​​men, it's a difficult pin to place. He was just a child ten years ago and has now become the “man” he is supposed to become. Unfortunately, he never had a father to show him the way. Telemachus, Odysseus' son, was the "man" of the house after his father left for the Trojan War. When his father did not return to Ithaca, suitors flocked to his palace, munching all his food and prolonging their stay. Throughout The Odyssey, Telemachus matures greatly, but in the first four books there is a clear transition from an immature, frightened little boy to the man who takes revenge for the abuse he received at the end of history. To begin with, Telemachus was afraid to even approach his mother's suitors about his ardent desire to see them leave. He has also lost hope that his father is still alive, because he really doesn't know him. “My mother actually says I am his. For my part, I don't know. No one really knows their own father. (32. 215-216) He speaks these words to Athena who, in turn, speaks to Telemachus about his father and what he must do to obtain information about his father's whereabouts. According to Solon, Telemachus should live up to his mental and physical prowess, but he is simply a boy who can't even rule his own household. He needs help and advice from a stranger to decide what to do. Athena said to Telemachus: “You should not continue to cling to your childhood. You are no longer...... middle of paper ......ent of Telemachus is astonishing in the fact that this has happened in such a short time. Every time he met a different person or found himself in a different situation, it forced him to become social instead of his usual distant self. He was able to adapt and change to become better. In an anthropological way, he himself carried out natural selection. When he was at home in Ithica with the Suitors groveling, he was unable to connect to anything, which obviously caused him to suffer as he lost control. When he first met Athena, she made him adapt and change what she wanted him to be. With his advice and encouragement, Telemachus was able to go even further and adapt to what King Nestor had told him, and soon to what had led him to meet Menelaus. All these encounters with people helped him become the man he is today..