They valued pride and honor greatly and being disrespected in any way was unacceptable. Poseidon would be avenging his son by answering his prayer. However, the curse simply complicates the plot. When Odysseus explains his journey in books IX-XII, the reader listens to all his tales about his hardships and is supposed to pity him. The majority of his pain was caused by Poseidon. Later, he goes on to harm Odysseus even more, displayed in book V lines 403-404 when it says, “Poseidon god of the earthquake launched a colossal wave, terrible, murderous, arching over him, pounding down on him.” This is just one subsequent instance in which Odysseus is under the wrath of Poseidon. Poseidon was never directly provoked by Odysseus so today, his response would be considered extravagant. As a reader, we know that Odysseus went through a lot on his journey and we don’t need this extra plot just to make us sympathize with him
They valued pride and honor greatly and being disrespected in any way was unacceptable. Poseidon would be avenging his son by answering his prayer. However, the curse simply complicates the plot. When Odysseus explains his journey in books IX-XII, the reader listens to all his tales about his hardships and is supposed to pity him. The majority of his pain was caused by Poseidon. Later, he goes on to harm Odysseus even more, displayed in book V lines 403-404 when it says, “Poseidon god of the earthquake launched a colossal wave, terrible, murderous, arching over him, pounding down on him.” This is just one subsequent instance in which Odysseus is under the wrath of Poseidon. Poseidon was never directly provoked by Odysseus so today, his response would be considered extravagant. As a reader, we know that Odysseus went through a lot on his journey and we don’t need this extra plot just to make us sympathize with him