Agamemnon, for example, told him not to tell his wife everything that happened and to keep some things hidden, effectively keeping him in the mindset that he had to adopt at that time. Troy. Odysseus' mother, Anticlea, however, argues that he should return home and tell his wife all his pain and suffering, and that the narrative may, in fact, work to bring them closer together after his absence for so long. Finally, Tiresias does not explicitly tell him what will happen in his personal relationship with Penelope, but warns him that when he returns home after a long and tiring journey, he will be a broken man, and will therefore have to fight the suitors once again, keeping him part of the Iliadic world. Odysseus is also probably contemplating the fact that he will have to face his family after being absent for almost ten years. Telemachus grew up without a father, Penelope without a husband, and Ulysses will have to reconnect with both, perhaps in the most decisive battle.