The Origin of Mentoring in Odyssey
The roads to nowhere are hard to build.
The concept of mentoring is prevailing in the contemporary world. However, the origin of mentoring can be traced back to ancient Greece after the character Mentor, a major figure in the Homeric legend of Odyssey. In the Odyssey, King of Ithaca Odysseus leaves his young son Telemachus in the care of his friend Mentor while going off to war with the Trojans. Over two decades that follow, Mentor takes on the role of a teacher, role-model and counselor of Telemachus.
The Oddyssey: ancient Greek epic poem by Homer