The Untold Case Of Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey

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Concluding the sessions we had I can definitely say that Odysseus has a mild case of PTSD, although I wouldn’t recommend any service dog, instead I believe he should had total disconnection from the Gods. The Gods had a hand in the war of Troy, they also had a hand in killing Odysseus’s shipmates and friends, along with getting Odysseus shipwrecked, stranded on a goddesses island keeping him captive for many years, and attempting to foil his plan to get home. Yet some might say Athene is actually helping him, but on the other hand it is because of her that he slaughters many people. Evidently he told me of a time he was at peace, it was when he returned home and visited his father. After the people unsuccessfully tried to kill him he said

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