Mentor — The Origin of the Word in the Odyssey

John Coffee Hays: ‘Here is Telemachus’ mentor. He is named, uh, Mentor. BRAVO NOLAN.’
Stone Age Muse: ‘That character is the origin of the word.’
John Coffee Hays: ‘It literally came out two days ago.’

Homer invented the word mentor 2,700 years ago. Nolan gets the credit anyway.