All plans made,
they went their separate ways – Athena setting off
to bring Telemachus home from hallowed Lacedaemon.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 13, lines 501-503. These final lines of Book 13 tells us how Odysseus and Athena go their separate ways, as she sets off to Lacedaemon (also known as Sparta) to bring Telemachus home.