a GOD! I don’t even care about Odysseus. Calypso is better looking than Penelope. I would be happy in his situation‚ but no‚ Athena needs to intervene. She needs to free Odysseus so she can look like she is high and mighty. She just wants to suck up to Zeus‚ but I have to be the one to tell Calypso to let him go. I was forced into letting her go. If Zeus didn’t favor Athena so much I wouldn’t have had to. Yes‚ it was a pain to go visit her‚ but that’s not why I’m angry. I’m angry because Poseidon
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The third step of the Odyssey is meeting the mentor‚ Odysseus does this when he meets and is helped by Athena. Athena‚ the Goddess of wisdom‚ and becomes Odysseus mentor. She help Odysseus‚ even though she is not supposed to. Athena helps Odysseus by pleading with the gods so that he could go home. She tells him how to get through certain dangerous situations and leads him to King Alcinous. The next step in Odysseus’s journey is crossing the threshold. After the war‚ the gods are angry at the Greeks
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Dylan Madden Word Count: 539 Odyssey: Books V‚ VI‚ X and XXIII Response 4 September 2017 Athena continues to show her care giving side after pleading with her father Zeus to free Odysseus which he does after he sent Hermes to tell Calypso to free him and she does which shows that she has a sense of decency despite her sexual ambitions to keep him on her island. After building a raft and sailing out to sea‚ he continues to receive bad treatment from Poseidon after he conjured up a storm
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The Odyssey has captured minds for over 2700 years‚ and the story of Odysseus shows his determination to fight and conquer obstacles with and without the help of the Gods. The story dates back before 1000B.c. (The Modern Library‚ 1950‚ p.VI) His creative and cunning tactics throughout the story show his determination to reach his homeland of Ithaca. After conquering the Trojan War‚ Odysseus was told by Poseidon “man is nothing without the gods”. Poseidon felt Odysseus was not thankful for Poseidon’s
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leader‚ and as a result is not a hero. Odysseus is not a good leader‚ given that his entire trip relied on help from the gods. The plan for Odysseus to return to Ithaca and save his family from the suitors was completely pioneered by Athena. Without the guidance of Athena specifically‚ as well as a handful of others‚ Odysseus would never have been able to return to Ithaca‚ let alone leave the captivity of Calypso. Therefore‚ Odysseus is more unheroic than not. Odysseus shows he is undeserving of the
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would someday retaliate - which he justly did. Athena speaks on behalf of Odysseus‚ pleading with Zeus to free him from Kalypso’s grasp. He agrees‚ and the god Hermes will be sent to Kalypso to ask her to free Odysseus. In disguise as an old friend of Odysseus’‚ Athena travels to his manor in Ithaka‚ now overrun with noisy‚ lustful suitors intent on marrying Odysseus’ wife‚ Penelope. Odysseus’ son‚ Telemakhos‚ unhappy among the suitors‚ greets Athena warmly as a stranger and invites her to their
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voyage back home‚ but there are also gods that want revenge on Odysseus and his men‚ and for him to never return home. Zeus‚ the king of all the gods‚ plays both a positive and negative role in Odysseus’ journey home. First‚ Zeus discovers through Athena that Odysseus is trapped on an island known as Calypso’s Island. Zeus knows that Odysseus needs to return to Ithaca quickly‚ therefore he sends Hermes‚ the messenger god‚ to demand that Calypso release Odysseus immediately! In this gesture‚ Zeus helps
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construction of the Parthenon temple began in 447 B.C.E. and was completed in 438 B.C.E. but the decorations building continued on until 432 B.C.E. The Parthenon was built on the Athenian Acropolis‚ Greece that the temple was dedicated to the maiden goddess Athena. The Salisbury Cathedral also known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built from 1220-1258. The Salisbury Cathedral was built in replacement of the former cathedral that Bishop Osmund had formally built for his monks of Old Sarum
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standards. He is disgusted by the behaviors of the suitors around his home. He cares about the values and morals of the Greeks. 4. What are his weaknesses? He has allowed the suitors to overtake his father’s home. 5. How does Athena plan to affect Telemachus? Athena poses as a man‚ Mentes (Odysseus’ friend) and enters Telemachus’ home. She tells Telemachus that Odysseus is still alive and that he must rid the home of the suitors. 6. What tragic homecoming story do we hear of? How does it relate
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In Homers masterpiece‚ The Odyssey‚ women are depicted in a certain way. They each display some part of three characteristics: Loyalty‚ wisdom‚ and beauty. Two women that represent these three qualities are Penelope and Athena. The Greeks value loyalty very high in women. You can tell throughout the book that its just fine for men to run off and be with whomever they please‚ but women must be loyal to their husbands. That is just the Greek culture. Right from the start‚ anyone can tell that Penelope
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