Essay On The Role Of Athena In The Odyssey

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Athena the daughter of Zeus, the goddess of wisdom and strategy and it comes out more clearly throughout the books. And in the book The Odyssey she has a huge role of bringing Odysseus’ back home, and she has a great desire to help him. Throughout Odysseus journey to return home to Troy she has an important role to help to guide him in the right directions. It seems like she is looking after him and trying to protect Odysseus and his son Telemachus. Throughout the books we see how Athena is using the power of disguise. Athena appears as different characters that will help and guide both Odysseus and Telemachus to make the right choices. Athena is one of the strongest women in the Odyssey and the force behind the arrangement for Odysseus to return home after Calypso releases him. In the epic Athena is know for being a great warrior, she is confident and a master of disguises, and has a desire to help Odysseus and uses her power to do so. Throughout the epic Athena was the most helpful to bring Odysseus back home. We first meet Athena when she speaks to her father Zeus about how she feels for
The suitors are at this time locked in after Eumaeus had locked the doors to the women’s quarters and Philoetius locked the front doors, and Odysseus announces that he will not spare any of them. Athena appears again disguised as Mentor where she tests the strengths of Odysseus. While Athena is on the sidelines of the battle, she uses her power to protect Odysseus and his allies from being directly hit by the suitors, but Odysseus and his allies can still be wounded. When Athena appears, Odysseus talks to her in joy;“ O Mentor, join me in this fight! Remember how all my life I’ve been devoted to you, friend of my youth!” (Book 22, page 499, line 230-233.) At this time Odysseus thought it was Athena in disguise. Athena then speaks back to

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