Who Is Athena's Loyalty In The Odyssey

518 Words2 Pages

In Homer`s epic poem, The Odyssey translated by Allen Mandelbaum, illustrates Athena`s loyalty to Odysseus's journey.Athena tells her father to have Calypso let Odysseus go free.Athena assists Odysseus through all his trails that he faces like when Poseidon makes the storm that destroys Odysseus raft, she has Nausica help Odysseus,she disguises herself as a small girl,Penelope's sister, and as Mentes,and helps get rid of the suitors,so she is a big part of Odysseus's journey .She is there from the being and to the end, to get him home.Athena keeped her loyalty even when Odysseus made it home. Then,Athena starts showing her loyalty by confessing her father to let Odysseus go home from Calypso. Athena tells her father Zeus, “Let him there at

Open Document