| A | B |
| Telemachus | avoids the suitors' ambush and then Athena tells him to go to Eumaeus's far |
| meeting | Telemachus meets Odysseus who is still disguised as a beggar |
| Eumaeus | in the meantime (while Telemachus and Odysseus meet) is sent by Athena to tell Penelope Telemachus is home safe |
| appearance | Athena restores Odysseus to his true self which makes Telemachus believe he is a god |
| revelation | Odysseus reveals to Telemachus that he is not a god but his own father |
| reunion | between father and son |
| suitors' doom | later Odysseus and Telemachus plan to do away with the troublemakers |
| reinforcements | Telemachus realizes there are too many suitors and so suggests that they need more men to help them |
| Zeus and Athena | Odysseus has faith that the gods will help them conquer |