Athena

Athena appeared in the book Odyssey as a strong supporter of well-known Greek hero Odysseus. She was not only the first goddess who mentioned Odysseus suffering in Calypso’s island, but also the only one who took care of Odysseus all the time during his homecoming journey and revenge in his homeland. Odysseus found unusual favor with Athena. This favor was expressed by explicit actions that other mortals also know about it. For example, Nestor had said these words to Telemachus: “Ah, if only…

children, a boy and a girl around the same ages. Ryker, who is two years old boy, and Athena, who is one and a half years of age girl, and along with Athena’s mother and Ryker’s aunty. I wanted to observe the two children around the same age being of different sexes because I wanted to see how they would play together, I also wanted to see what I can learn from them both. In this paper, I want to discuss who Ryker and Athena are. Then I want to talk about I will describe what I observed when I…

but not as much as Athena in the story of The Odyssey. Throughout the works, the Grey-eyed Goddess was the planner, the guide to achieving Odysseus battle to get home and kill the suitors. It would not have been possible for Odysseus to win if Athena had not intervened. Athena casted grace, courage, beauty, invisibility, and disguised in favor of getting Odysseus home. Athena uses her powers to bring change to people in The Odyssey in various ways. Meaning for example, Athena changes her…

because Hera complains to Zeus about Ares, the god of war, who is mass murdering the Achaeans, Athena is dispatched to stop Ares. In this passage, Athena wants to take Ares down personally, so she takes away the agency of a mortal, Diomedes, in order to do so. Ares complains about being Athena’s direct target and suffers the consequences of storming the battlegrounds and attacking the Achaeans. Athena has the desire to stop Ares and is doing it for more than one reason. In the beginning…

similar to that of which the God/Goddess governs then that mortal will most likely have the favor of that God. The relationship between Odysseus and the Goddess Athena as described in the Odyssey is a unique and interesting one. Unlike many God to mortal relationships Athena and Odysseus seem to have a close and intimate relationship. Athena jokes with Odysseus, calling him “a fool” (Book 13, line 269) which might be mistaken for malice by someone not familiar with the context of their…

“Telemacheia”, “the story of a young man from a poor and backward island who asserts himself at home and visits the sophisticated courts of two rich and powerful kingdoms, to return home a grown man.” (introduction, pg 9). Crucial to this maturation is Athena, who assumes the role of father figure for Telemachus. Telemachus had no father in his life, since Odysseus left for Troy when Telemachus was an infant. Telemachus was an infant when his father left for Troy, as evidenced by the tale of…

shown that Athena, a goddess, helps, while Poseidon, a god, hurts. One of the questions posed by The Odyssey is who has control over mortals lives. Homer argues that the gods do, for better or worse. The relationship between Athena and Telemachus proves that having a god as one's friend helps. Throughout The Odyssey, Athena’s love for Odysseus affects his life for the better. Athena disguises herself multiple times to aid Odysseus, or his son, Telemachus. In the beginning of the epic, Athena…

unbearable this made him scream out so loud that it was heard throughout the earth. This was so loud that the other Gods came to see what had happened, Hermes said that he needed to take a wedge and split open Zeus's skull. When they did this out came Athena dressed fully…

“the grey-eyed goddess Athena made her tarry, so that Odysseus might behold her beauty and win her guidance to the town” (102). Athena foreshadows how she is going to help Odysseus like she had many times before, and Athena helps Odysseus by making Nausicaa help Odysseus. Additionally, Nausicaa is to provide hospitality and rest to Odysseus while he is in the Phaeacian island because Athena compelled Nausicaa to do so. Also, when Athena is called “the grey-eyed goddess Athena” it means she is…

A Hero’s Son Awakens Athena has had the greatest influence on Telemachus’ growth. Homer’s epic The Odyssey demonstrates Odysseus’s son, Telemachus, at first as an inexperienced, timid, and helpless young prince that is greatly pampered by his mother, Penelope. Due to his lack of confidence and assertiveness, Telemachus struggles to stop the many suitors who overrun his father’s palace and greedily devour the family’s vast stockpile of food and wine. Like Odysseus, Telemachus experiences his own…