Recurring theme in the odyssey

In the book the Odyssey i believe a reccuring theme is that if you be patient then your faith will pay off. In book 13 odysseus wakes up in a country he doesnt recognize and athena disguised as a young shepard boy informs him that he is indeed on Ithaca. "Ithaca...Heart racing, Odysseus that great exile filled with joy to hear Athena, daughter of storming Zeus, pronounce that name" (pg. 294, lines 283-285). In this example it shows Odysseus has patients because he was vanished from his home for a long time and finally made it back after having faith that he would one day do it.

In book 16 of this book it shows that if you have patients then your faith will pay off because when Telemachus has finally reached home from sailing to hear word about his father he goes to visit Eumeas first and can not believe his eyes."Straight to the prince he rushed and kissed his face and his shining eyes, both hands, as the tears rolled down his cheeks. As a father, brimming with love, welcomes home his darling only son in a warm embrace-what pain he's borne for him and him alone!"(pg. 339, lines 16-21). This shows that Telemachus has patients because he waited for a long time for his father to return home undead, then he went out and searched since he still had faith. When he came back his father was home, proving his patients and faith payed off.

Lastly, in book 22 the theme recurs when the big battle begins. Odysseus, Telemachus, and loyal servants kill all of the suitors, unloyal maids and servants to rethrone their kingdom that was once theres when Odysseus was though to be dead."Then, once they'd washed their own hands and feet, they went inside again to join Odysseus. Their work was done with now"(pg. 454, lines 505-508). In this quote it helps show that the good guys all have patients to put end to the suitors supposively ruling Odysseus's land because they finally waited for the moment they could kill all the bad guys. It all payed off too because now Ithaca has been restored to what it was before but even better because there's no suitors.