TheOdyssey is an epic about the journey of Odysseus and as the patron goddess of the protagonist, Athena has an important role to play. Athena must honour her special relationship with Odysseus by helping his son to gain his own kleos through the journey to Mycenae and Pylos. She must also encourage Telemachus to keep the faith Quote#1. “Tell me about a complicated man. back home.”. These are the first seven lines of Book-1 of Odyssey titled as “The Boy and the Goddess.”. These first lines address Muse, the supposed heavenly goddess of poetry. The poet, Homer, invokes Muse, to complete his story of that great man, Odysseus, and his adventures.

Circe Circe, like Calypso, is an immortal goddess who seeks to prevent Odysseus from returning home. Also like Calypso, Circe is described as “lustrous” and “the nymph with the lovely braids,” and is first seen weaving at her loom. Circe has magic powers, which she uses to turn some of Odysseus’s men into pigs. When Odysseus resists

Summary Book 1. driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy. The narrator of The Odyssey invokes the Muse, asking for inspiration as he prepares to tell the story of Odysseus. The story begins ten years after the end of the Trojan War, the subject of the Iliad. All of the Greek heroes except Odysseus

Thisis an allusion to Menelaus, the king of Sparta. [S]o once we’ve poured libations out to the Sea-lord and every other god, we’ll think of sleep. (Book 3, lines 374–375) This is an allusion to Poseidon, the god of the sea and earthquakes. When young Dawn with her rose-red fingers shone once more . . .

Athenamost assuredly respects Odysseus and helps him throughout The Odyssey, but she also demonstrates that both Odysseus' wife and son are worthy of aid as well.. After many years of Odysseus
Onthis Telemachus strode off through the yards, brooding his revenge upon the suitors. When he reached home he stood his spear against a bearing-post of the cloister, crossed the stone floor of the cloister itself, and went inside.
Analysis The gods assemble on mount Olympus. Athena implores Zeus to help Odysseus, who was such a kind and just ruler, and is now trapped in Calypso's house without any way home. Zeus instructs Athena to bring Telemachus home unharmed, and tells the messenger god Hermes to tell Calypso to release Odysseus from captivity. Termsin this set (31) Epithet or an Homeric epithet. One of the most noticeable features of Homer's Odyssey. It is a tag or nickname that can be used on its own or together with the real name. Achilles. swift-footed ; godlike ; shepherd of the people ;
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