A Tragic Hero In Homer's Odyssey

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Athena, very fashionable and Apollo, was into everything in a good way, got along very easily. Apollo knew when Athena was in danger by Hades. Since Hades liked Athena, he didn’t want her near Appollo. He did everything he could to try to keep her away from him even if it meant taking risks. It even meant killing Apollo was an option. He liked her so much he wanted to kidnap her like he kidnapped his wife.

One afternoon as Hades was walking toward the park he saw Apollo and Athena talking he didn’t want to get close for them to see but he needed to hear what they were saying. They were talking about these powers that they both had and promised not to use them for unnecessary things. Hades walks closer as he saw that Apollo had gone somewhere.

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