At last! The information I have been searching for! I arrived in the new town to meet Menelaos and his wife Helen for any news of my father. They were celebrating two weddings when I arrived. One was for the marriage of their son, and the other of their daughter. They kindly greated us and Menelaos saw a similarity between me and my father like Nestor had. They had us join them for a lovely feast. Helen and Menelaos seemed to know a lot about my father during the times of war. During the Trojan war he was apart of the sneaking in of the Trojan horse that the Trojans foolishly accepted and the Greeks had an amazing victory. I loved hearing the stories of my father. They made me feel as if I know him better. I really don't know anything about my father or what kind of man he is and I really want to know. I've had this feeling sometime when I think that just having my mother as a parent is not enough and I feel like a whole other part of me is missing or hidden because of my father's absence. The next day, Menelaos reminized about his times in the war and when he was stranded in Egypt. He was forced to capture the Old Man of the Sea, Proteus. Proteus gave Menelaos directions on how to return to Sparta. Then he told me what I was waiting for. He told me of the truth about what happened to my father! He was alive! I was so pleased with the news! He was imprisoned by Calypso on her island. So I started on my way back to Pylos to return to Ithaka by ship. A hero is someone who has done great things but how many great things must you do to be a hero? Can you do one noble thing that benefits a few to be considered a hero? Am I a hero?
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