Man VS. Self

Penelopeia comes down to see a man in rags believing it is another trick from one of the villagers.

"Again and again she turned her eager eyes and looked hard at face, but then again she could not know him in those dirty rags."

Man VS. Society

Telemachos bursting out and insulting his mother, being completely rude and childish in a way.

"At last Telemachos burst out impatiently:

"My mother--a devil of a mother you are, with your hard heart."

Man VS. Nature

Athena holds off Dawn to let Odysseus and his wife enjoy each other in the night.

"Dawn would have risen upon their tears of joy, but Athena had a thought for them. She held the night in its course and made it long; she kept Dawn on her golden throne at the end of Ocean,..."

Man VS. Man

Penelopeia is told her "husband" battled and defeated many men that were trying to steel from his home.

"..,how did he get his hands on those shameless men alone by himself, and they in a crowd together as they always were?"

Conflict