Résumé
The Adventures of Telemachus is a didactic novel by François Fénelon, first published in 1699.
The story follows the travels of Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, as he searches for his father after the Trojan War.
Accompanied by his tutor, Mentor (the goddess Minerva in disguise), Telemachus journeys across the Mediterranean, encountering different civilizations and receiving moral and political instruction.
The novel, which draws on Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid, was written by Fénelon for his student, the Duke of Burgundy, to teach him how to be a good king.