Mentor was the elderly friend and adviser of Odysseus, the hero of the Odyssey, an ancient Greek epic. Before Odysseus (Ulysses in Latin) went to fight in the Trojan War, he made Mentor the guardian of his son, Telemachus. In Mentor’s shape, the goddess Athena helped Telemachus search for Odysseus. Today, the word mentor means a wise, faithful counselor.
