 After Odysseus reveals himself to Telemachus due to Athena's advice, the two men plan the downfall of the suitors.Telemachus then returns to the palace to keep an eye on the suitors and to await his father as the beggar.When Penelope challenges the suitors to string Odysseus' bow and shoot an arrow through the handle-holes of twelve axe heads, Telemachus is the first to attempt the task.