Who Is Athena Disguise In Part 2 Of The Odyssey

Telemachus stands up against the suitors for invading the palace and seeks his father’s whereabouts, displaying his loyalty. Telemachus' loyalty was important to Odysseus's journey because he would sneak Odysseus (disguised as a beggar) to successfully regain Ithaca. If Telemachus had not intervened or gone to Pylos, Odysseus would have found Ithaca in turmoil and struggling, or be defeated when he got home. In addition, Penelope’s loyalty to Odyssey has proven to be critical when Odysseus wants to regain Ithaca from the suitors who attempt to marry her and rule over

The Odyssey, written by Homer, tells the story of Odysseus after the Trojan War. It not only includes an insight on the adventures and return of Odysseus, but it also includes the stories of Telemakhos and Penelope. Telemakhos is the courageous son of Odysseus who goes on a quest in search for information about his father’s whereabouts. Penelope is an extremely clever woman who could match Odysseus in his wit. Penelope is able manipulate the suitors that have come to pursue her in Odysseus’s absence. Though Penelope often spends many nights weeping over the absence of her husband, it seems as if she never loses faith in her husband, and she truly believes that he will return to her and punish the suitors that have taken over their

After twenty long years away from his family, Odysseus still has motivation to return to Ithaca. Odysseus could have stayed with the princess of the Phaeacians, but instead he wants to go home to his family. Odysseus’ wife, Penelope and their son, Telemachus motivate Odysseus. Alkinoos offers Odysseus his daughter’s hand in marriage: “My daughter should be yours and you my son-in-law, if you remained. A home, lands, riches you should have from me if you could be content here” (Homer 120). Odysseus refuses the king’s offer: “O Father Zeus, let all this be fulfilled as spoken by Alkinoos! Earth of harvests remember him! Return me to my homeland” (120). Odysseus knows that his family has been waiting for him for years. The motivation to see his family and homeland help Odysseus win his battles and continue his journey home.

Telemachus (Odysseus’s son), Antinous (An arrogant suitor), Penelope (Odysseus’s wife),Phemius (The bard/entertainer), Eurycleia (The nurse), Mentes (Athena’s disguise, Telemachus’s mentor), Menelaus ( King of Sparta, helps Telemachus), Nestor (King of Pylos), Helen (Menelaus’s wife), Laertes (Odysseus’s father)

Towards the end of The Odyssey, Odysseus finally returns home to find over 100 suitors staying in his old home. Even thought there were rumors that Odysseus was still alive, the suitors ignored them and continued to live in his house and court his wife. Because of this, Odysseus was enraged. He was filled with hatred for the suitors because they took advantage of such a tragic event. He then decided to take revenge on the suitors. Odysseus plotted against them in secret with his son, Telemachus.

• Odyssey 17: The book starts off on how Telemachus leaves Odysseus at Eumaeus’s. After this he leaves to his palace and he received a sad welcome from Penelope and Eurycleia (the nurse). In the hall of the palace he meets Theoclymenus and Piraeus. He tells Piraeus not to bring the presents from Menelaus to the palace because he is scared that the suitors will steal them if he is killed. When he is about to eat with Penelope, Telemachus starts to tell her news about Odysseus but does not tell her that he saw Odysseus with his own eyes in Eumaeus’s hut, Theoclymenus decides to speak up and mention that Odysseus in in Ithaca as they speak.

The Odyssey Rumination: Hardships in Relationships In Homer’s The Odyssey, we learn from very early on that Odysseus has been separated from his family for a long time. His wife Penelope, and son Telemachus, have not seen him in years. Both miss Odysseus very much and long for him to come home, even though they assume that he is dead.

After getting permission, Athena went to Ithaca to talk to Telemacus, the son of Odysseus. She dressed as an old friend of his father, she tried to persuade him to force the suitors after his mother to leave and then go out on a journey to look for his father.

In the poem The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus, the main character, travels away from his home and finds himself in a situation that prevents him from going back for a long period of time. During the times of trouble, Odysseus reveals characteristics about himself that might otherwise have been hidden if it were not for the journey. This defines his character and shows him to be not an admirable hero. Odysseus first shows this when he successfully escapes from the Cyclops’s home but made a drastic mistake and says: ‘O Cyclops! Would you feast on my companions?

During Odysseus’ journey in ‘The Odyssey’, Odysseus runs into a couple problems. He leaves home ready to fight in the Trojan War. Although he had plans on coming home, he never made it home. His wife Penelope and his son Telemachus assumed that Odysseus was dead. It was not until Athena came to Telemachus and gave him everything he needed to make it to his dad. What Telemachus did not know was that Odysseus wanted to come home, but he could not because he was being held prisoner on an island named Ogygia. Odysseus wants nothing more to return home and see his lovely wife Penelope.

The cleverest general of the Greek forces, Odyssey finally sails back to his homeland, Ithaca, after ten years of the Trojan War. However, because of Odysseus’ ego and some unintentional accidents, he incurs wrath of gods and suffers through various adventures for another ten years. One significant event that has a huge impact throughout Odysseus’ journey is when Odysseus blinds the son of Poseidon, Polyphemus. After this event, furious Poseidon impedes various attempts of Odysseus to go back to Ithaca. Another significant event is when Odysseus’ servants kill Helios’ cattle when the famous prophet named Tiresias warned Odysseus to be careful when his ship lands on Helios’ island.

In book 4 of The Odyssey, the story begins with a feast at King Menelaus’ house in the deep valley of Lacedaemon in Sparta. Telemachus and Peisistratus arrive at the place hoping to learn news about Odysseus, who’s missing at the time. Menelaus invites them to share the feast, and they share stories about Odysseus as soon as Helen recognized Telemachus. Helen tells them how Odysseus pretended to be a beggar in the city of Troy to gain information about the enemy. Menelaus talks about how Odysseus saved the nation by keeping the men hiding in the Trojan horse quiet while Helen tried to lure them out of hiding. The next morning, Menelaus tells Telemachus another story, which is about his time when he was stranded on an island called Pharos. He

Odysseus comes to learn that after being presumed dead, his son who is now a man, goes and searches for him. Telemachus returns home and finds that his father is alive and well. Telemachus is overwhelmed with curiosity, but falls happily into his father’s arms. The Goddess Athena who had protected him through all his path and trials, appeared to him and asked him what troubled him so. Odysseus’s main concern was to know if his wife Penelope had stayed true to him after his long and extended

He departs for the Trojan War shortly after Telemachus is born. He fights in Troy for the next ten years, and cunning Odysseus becomes the mastermind behind the Trojan horse scheme that leads to the downfall of Troy. Afterwards, once the war has been won, Odysseus starts home; a journey that would take another ten years for the hero. He encounters Polyphemus, a huge man-eating Cyclops whose father is Poseidon. Odysseus, along with several members of his crew, wanders into the Cyclops’ cave. The Cyclops eats a few crew members, but Odysseus, cunning as he is, tricks the Cyclops, gets him drunk, and stabs his eye. Odysseus and his remaining crew members manage to escape death this time, but Polyphemus prays to his father who in turn curses Odysseus and his crew on their wretched journey back. When Odysseus had just been born, his maternal grandfather, Autolycus, names him Odysseus, which literally means long journey. His grandfather obviously had some kind of prediction about what his grandson would endure. After returning to Circe from the Underworld, they soon set sail again towards home, but the ship is struck down by Zeus because the crew ate the Sun God’s cattle even after Odysseus warned them not to eat them. Odysseus is the only man to survive and eventually floats ashore on Calypso’s island. Calypso falls in love with the hero, but Odysseus just wants to return to Ithaca. Homer describes Odysseus’ time with her by writing, “But all his days he’d sit on the rocks and beaches,/ wrenching his heart with sobs and groans and anguish,/ gazing out over the barren sea through blinding tears (157).” After Odysseus has been on the island for seven years, Hermes, who has specific orders from Zeus, goes to Calypso and persuades her to let Odysseus leave. Calypso helps Odysseus leave, but the sea god, Poseidon, destroys his raft. Odysseus makes it to the land of the Phaeacians with the help of

Ten years after the fall of Troy, the victorious Greek hero Odysseus has still not returned to his native land Ithaca. A band of rowdy suitors, believing Odysseus to be dead, has overrun his palace, courting his faithful—though weakening—wife Penelope, and going through his stock for food. With permission from Zeus, the goddess Athena, Odysseus' greatest immortal ally, appears in disguise and urges Odysseus' son Telemachus to seek news of his father at Pylos and Sparta. However, the suitors, led by Antinous, plan to ambush him upon return.