Odysseus Journey In Homer's The Odyssey

As with most people these days we look toward to our end goal on trips such as the coast, a different country, or to meet certain people. In Homer’s The Odyssey the journey that Odysseus takes to return him home to back to Ithaca has viewed that his goal was more important than the traveling that gave him the knowledge and experienced when he comes home. Without his knowledge of his travels, Odysseus would not have been as wise as he was before he left his home.
During his travels, Odysseus had to prove himself to show that he is worthy of people’s help and to prove that he is actually the famous Odysseus. When he reached Phaeacian land he was challenged to prove himself that he was worthy of their help,’’’ Come, stranger, sir, won’t you try your hand/ at our contests now? If you have skill in any… Come and compete then, throw your cares to the wind !/ It won’t be long, your journey isn’t far …show more content…
His sense of trusting with the gods during the first part of his travel hurts him because of his distrust in the gods during his plight away from the Calypso’s’ island: “Release him at once, just so. Steer clear of the rage of Zeus:/ Or down the year’s hell fume and make your life a hell,”(5 163-164). With Athena’s comment to Odysseus regarding the rage of the gods, he starts to become distasteful of the god’s view on how their minds change from the two ends of the spectrum of their thoughts. As time goes on as Odysseus travels, he quickly becomes grateful of the help that is given to him from Athena: “Royal son of Lacerates, Odysseus, old campaigner, / Now is the time, now tell your son the truth./Hold nothing back, so the two of you can plot, (16 187-190). When he has arrived back home in Ithaca, he now places his trust in the gods. His high trust in the gods soon proves to be helping factor that will help Odysseus and Telemachus take back their home from the