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Dec 10, 2023 · Athena knows Odysseus is on his way home and will rid his house of the unwanted suitors, but she also knows this is a necessary growing-up journey for his son.
Summary. Analysis. As Odysseus sleeps, Athena flies to a Phaeacian city where the princess Nausicaa, daughter of the king Alcinous, lies sleeping. Disguised as a girl the princess's age, Athena scolds her for the poor condition of her clothes, and suggests that they go to the shore to wash them.
- Summary: Book 19
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When the suitors retire for the night, Telemachus and Odysseus remove the arms as planned. Athenalights the room for them so that they can see as they work. Telemachus tells Eurycleia that they are storing the arms to keep them from being damaged. After they have safely disposed of the arms, Telemachus retires and Odysseus is joined by Penelope. Sh...
Penelope and Odysseus both have trouble sleeping that night. Odysseus worries that he and Telemachus will never be able to conquer so many suitors, but Athena reassures him that through the gods all things are possible. Tormented by the loss of her husband and her commitment to remarry, Penelope wakes and prays for Artemis to kill her. Her distress...
More and more, the suitors’ destruction feels inevitable. While portents earlier in the epic appear irregularly and serve primarily to keep hope alive among Odysseus’s family and friends, they now occur at a feverish rate and with such obvious implications that they foreshadow the suitors’ fate with increasingly grim effect. These omens are noticea...
Summary: Book 15. Athena travels to Sparta, where she finds Telemachus and Pisistratus, Nestor’s son. She tells Telemachus he must hurry home to Ithaca before the suitors succeed in winning his mother’s hand. She also warns him of the ambush that they have set and explains how to avoid it.
Athena, in disguise, comes to Nausicaa in a dream and tells her it's time to do the laundry. Odysseus has escaped from the powerful pull of Calypso, but his struggle with the forces of femininity is far from over.
Athena accomplishes this by guiding the prince around the planned area of attack and instructing him to leave the ship early and go directly to Eumaeus' hut. After Telemachus' arrival, Eumaeus is sent to Penelope with the news of her son's safe return.
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Athena often disguised herself as a mortal to guide and protect Odysseus. For example, she disguised herself as Mentor, an old friend of Odysseus, to help his son Telemachus search for his father. Athena also transformed Odysseus into a beggar to help him enter his own palace undetected.
