Character of Athena in Homer's Odyssey
Imagine living in another world and time, one where you were not
only a god but could also take the form of any object or person that you chose.
Athena, the daughter of Zeus, has this ability. Of all the characters in the Odyssey,
the most interesting to me is Athena. In my opinion, she guides the main
characters of the Odyssey in the right direction. She kind of looks over
their shoulders and serves as a guardian angel.
Athena makes Telemachos go to Pylos and Sparta. Athena says, "My
advice to you is this, if you will let me advise you. Get the best
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you can find, put twenty oarsmen aboard, go and find out about your father
and why he is so long away. Perhaps some one may tell you, or you may hear
some rumour that god will send, which is often the best way for people to
get news." (Homer 17) If not for Athena, Telemachos might have taken his
father for dead and encouraged his mother to marry one of her suitors. But
Athena, under the disguise of Mentes advises Telemachos to go on a journey
to try to find out what happenened to Odysseus. This is important
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Eventually Odysseus is set free over the demands of Poseidon. You can also look at Calypso and see how this goddess, nymph, has power. This is shown as Odysseus is leaving and she asks him if he would want to be immortal in return for him staying with her forever. This shows that she has power, more than many women, and can grant anyone immortality. Homer also describes her as lucky, that she is beautiful, but you can tell that inside.
Athena is the daughter of Zeus, the king of the Greek gods. She is one of the 12 Olympians that live on top of Mount Olympus. Athena is the goddess of wisdom, strategy, skill, and justice, and the owl is her sacred bird. In Mandelbaum verse translation of the epic poem the Odyssey of Homer, Athena helped Odysseus by providing guidance, physical, and internal help. Without this help, Odysseus would have to forge the path home by himself and face the challenges that are to come alone. He would be left to face the wrath of both Zeus and Poseidon without another major god’s help. Athena aided Odysseus in the trials he was to face, which gave him the guidance and help he needed to return to his home, Ithaca.
The Hero’s Journey is never an easy one. This particular journey, as detailed in Homer’s The Odyssey, is one of struggle, loss, heartache, pain, growth and triumph. It is comprised of many steps that Odysseus has to overcome and battle through in order to achieve his final goal of reaching his home and his loved ones. From the Call to Adventure to the Freedom or Gift of living, Odysseus conquered them all. The story begins in the middle of the story, as many of the oral Greek traditions did, with the Journey of Telemachus to find his father. Although Telemachus has not yet met his father, it is almost as if they are journeying together, where the end of both of their journeys results in being reunited. Telemachus journeys from being a boy to becoming a man, while out in the sea Odysseus is battling Poseidon to return to the home that wife that he loves and the home he has left behind.
comforting her so she would not go into a nervous break down over all her stress,
The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus and his both literal and figurative journey home to Ithaka. When the great king, Odysseus travels to Troy on the account of war, many obstructions hinder him from returning home. During his absence, his deprivation of being a father to his son, Telemachus, causes great disappointment. Without a father, his son strives to grow and mature yet he has not the slightest idea of where to. However, as Telemachus struggles to reach manhood and his father struggles to return to Ithaka, their seemingly separate journeys are connected. They both learn values that turn a boy into a man and a great man even greater. In the epic poem the Odyssey, Homer uses parallel rites of passage with Odysseus and Telemachus to develop the importance of the father son-bond.
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Her tactics finally pay off at the end of the epic, when Odysseus returns from his voyage and she once again proves her intelligence by hosting the archery contest to prove Odysseus is home. The character that arguably plays the largest role in The Odyssey is Athena, daughter of Zeus. According to Mark Cartwright, Athena is,” Goddess of wisdom, war and the crafts, and favorite daughter of Zeus, Athena was, perhaps, the wisest, most courageous, and certainly the most resourceful of the Olympian gods” (www.ancient.eu). When hearing of her son’s departure, Penelope becomes extremely distraught.
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