Telemachy – Moral cheating
Penelope, the symbol of chastity, has been longing for her husband, Odysseus, since two decades. Her son Telemachus proposes a win-win idea! Telemachus always wanted to be like his father. Odysseus, the man who won the Trojan war, fighting alongside the Greeks for ten long years. He was instilled the values of valour and bravery by his mother, Penelope. With no central male figure to look upon to, Telemachus had to rely on his mother for all the teachings. Although she did not know how to handle the sword or the shield, she oversaw his schooling. Every week, a new tutor was brought in, usually a former general of Odysseus, who would teach Telemachus the different trades of being a ruler. This included sword fighting, horse riding, formations and tactics of war along with economics …