To appease Poseidon and unmovable love as a founding.

Odysseus' and Penelope's love is as faithful and unmovable as the olive tree their bed seen by no one but her and Odysseus is. It is as holy as the olive tree is. It was Plato's Socrates who pointed out that Homer had secret teachings in his tales for those capable of understanding them. Penelope's cunning is one such teaching.
After getting aquanaut Odysseus tells Penelope about the journey he must take to fulfill the prophecy of Tiresias This Prophesy is that Odysseus will return home, take his place and wife back from the suitors then journey to a distant land to appease Poseidon This ends the torment of the age that caused his journeys as a means to Harald in the new age guided by the paradigms of heroism Like Odysseus and Telemachus.


Odysseus tells Penelope to shut herself in her room so no one would see her and know what happened before he returned. Athena clocks him and Telemachus in the darkness of being unknown to have returned to Ithaca that allows them to walk around the town unseen. As no one knows Telemachus and Odysseus have returned and are together it is easy to avoid having anyone recognise them. No one would believe Odysseus has returned and walks around the town with Telemachus.