"So mother, go back to your quarters. Tend to your own tasks, the distaff and the loom, and keep the women working hard as well. As for giving orders, men will see to that, but I most of all: I hold the reins of power in this house" Telemachus, line 410, page 89.
At this point, Telemachus has already met with Athena and she has inspired him to take on an Odyssey of his own. After meeting with Athena aka. Mentes, he feels more powerful, for example, when he says this to his mother he is taking the reins of the household. Telemachus is making this clear to his mother that things are going to change now, that she best go to her room while he gets the suitors out of their home and he takes control of the house.
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