The story states that, “The other gods were assembled in the halls of Olympic Zeus, and the Father of Gods and men was speaking” (333-35). They are petty, cruel, and set on the destruction of the heroes. From the very beginning of the story, Athena (one of the major Goodness in the story) is helping out Odysseus. Her very first act was coaxing Zeus to send Hermes to Calypso’s island to tell Calypso that it was Zeus’s will that made Odysseus continue his journey home. Athena secures Odysseus future through other characters in the story, such as the Phaecian Princess Nausicaa. Athena has done minor things to help out Odysseus such as improving his appearances so that he is respected by other characters who took him for a joke. Poseidon is the
