The answer to this question is closely connected to the
answer to the last question you asked. As I said before, Nestor has suggested that
Telemachus should go to Sparta and ask Menelaus about Odysseus's whereabouts.
Lacedaemon is another name for Sparta. So by telling Telemachus to do this, he is
telling him to go to Sparta.
The reason Nestor wants his
sons to go with Telemachus is because it will be safer for Telemachus. Nestor says it
would be okay for Odysseus to go by sea, but it seems clear that he thinks it would be
safer to go by chariot with Nestor's sons to guide him.
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