It was interesting when Eteoneus asked Menelaus whether they should welcome Telemachus and Pisistratus into their house, and Menelaus pointed out how other people had welcomed them (Menelaus and company) over the years into their houses. Menelaus exemplifies the importance of hospitality when he welcomes Telemachus to a feast, even as his children are having a wedding. Menelaus also gave Pisistratus and Telemachus the best part of the meat. That Menelaus only recognized Telemachus once he began to cry at Odysseus' fate seems odd.
A lot of Menelaus' troubles seem to have arisen from angering a god, as have the problems of Ajax and Odysseus. Menelaus teaches Telemachus about respecting the gods.
It seemed unlikely that the suitors would really want to attempt to kill Telemachus after Noemon pointed out how it seems that a god boarded the ship with Telemachus since Mentor is still in Ithaca.
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