Athena, the dynamic virgin Greek goddess of sapience and war. Born an adult and virtually dressed in armor, it is pellucid from the near beginning her role in this sublime book. She is one of a few protagonists in the Odyssey that continually exhibits empowerment by ultimately being capable of commanding men, prosperously manipulating gods and successful in almost all pursuits. Athena additionally exhibits love, support, and reverence perpetually. To Odysseus, his wife, and their son. There was never a reason verbally expressed by Athena for her determined efforts but her fascinates were persuasive, giving every denotation of love and deference to Odysseus throughout the book. Her words are always filled with veneration but no words were ever declared (out-right) that she wanted to avail him. Her munificence is shown in multiple ways, especially, when she avails Odysseus’s voyage back to Penelope and Telemachus out of nothing but love.
Penelope, faithful wife to Odysseus who waited 20 years for his return. Despite the fact she did not have the potency that Athena exhibited throughout the book, (would label her under more static) she was an early example of positivity and perspicacity of a mortal female character. Her unswerving allegiance, not only to her husband but as a queen and mother, extreme astuteness in outwitting the suitors and her skepticism proved she was very rounded. In total, about 108 suitors filled her home, desiring to espouse her, but she perpetuated to stay allegiant to the terminus. Penelope even remained faithful while Odysseus was in the war (she did know that he was alive and well) and perpetuated while he was peregrinating home (when she was not vigilant of where he was or if he was living).
Athena appears to Telemachus when he was an adolescent-adult that was missing his father. From Book I, she perpetuates to advocate and use her higher powers for mortals that she deeply cared about. His need for a role model was rather vital so, Athena became it. One of the lines that concretely stood out was when she advised Telemachus that it was time to leave his childhood behind. (Book 1, concretely line 314)
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In Book II to Book IIII, she kept incentivizing Telemachus. She convinced him to perpetuate his quest. Since he worried to do so, she took it upon herself to conceal and become him, she then cast a spell on the suitors and the authentic Telemachus could leave Ithaca without conflict. It was direct divine avail and much-needed by the puerile Telemachus. Until the cessation of this chapter (IIII), we perpetuated to fixate on Telemachus, his peregrinations after the delusion, his true inexperience (Line, when he was reluctant to give his speech in front of Nestor) and Penelope’s perpetuated distress over him. But, Athena still was a major role and subsidiary to him as well as his mother. Responding to Penelope’s prayers by giving comfort and assurance of Telemachus’ safety and as we perpetuate on to Book V, we return to Odysseus and his peregrinations back home with the greek goddess.
Book VI, Athena assists Odysseus by inspiring Nausicaa, the princess, to go at dawn to wash her attire to appear more captivating to her suitors. This is where she finds Odysseus. With more avail by Athena, Odysseus becomes more handsome and by the cessation of the chapter, Nausicaa, absolutely could not help but fall in love with him. Book VII to Book X, Penelope and Athena are rather flat and non-existent in the story. In Book XI, after Odysseus’ conversation with his mother, he commences to apperceive what effect his absence has poured on his wife and son. Deep noetic conceptions start to reappear about Penelope, and his want to get home becomes even more vigorous.
We return to Telemachus and his peregrination in book XV. The family of Penelope are urging her to espouse a suitor, Athena goes to Sparta to tell Telemachus that he needed to return home immediately. When Penelope relays the news to Telemachus that the suitors are orchestrating to kill him on his route home, Athena avails him and tells him how to evade the suitors. With her help, Telemachus prosperously dodges these men and makes it back home to Ithaca safe. Athena expounded to Telemachus that he needed to now go to seek out swineherder Eumaeus, what she did not tell him is that his father Odysseus would be where he found Eumaeus.
As Athena perpetuates availing the men in reuniting, we perpetuate on to Book XVII. This is the only book Penelope is ever physically described in the Odyssey. “Penelope emerged from the room looking homogeneous to Diana or Venus” (LINE) Athena does verbalize her resplendency in Book XVIII, “LINES” but Homer uses personalities and actions to describe his characters, so her appearance never is plenary explicated throughout the book.
In prospering lines, Odysseus determinately reveals himself to the suitors who have plagued his homeland and his household. He commences to murder all of Penelope’s Suitors. Odysseus calls out for Athena’s (Mentor’s) help to fight off them. “Remember me, your dear comrade. I’ve done good things for you. You’re my companion, someone my own age.” (22 262-266). Athena ascertains that when all the suitors throw their spears they miss Odysseus and Athena demonstrated her godhood by flashing her shield in the air to highlight her backing of Odysseus.
As we come to the terminus chapters of the poem, Penelope controls much of the action throughout the rest of Book XXIII as she is reunited with her husband. Not only is Penelope skeptical about Eurycleia’s news at first, but she is additionally unsure about whether the man who stands afore her, after an absence of twenty years, is genuinely her husband. Odysseus chastises Penelope for her adamance and her querying of him. Penelope, cunning as ever, tricks Odysseus into revealing the secret of their bed. He exclaimed that he hoped that no one cut down that olive tree and ravaged their bed, and then Penelope knows for certain that this can be none other than Odysseus.
In the cessation, I believe, Athena’s assistance conspicuously brought Odysseus home but without Penelope’s memory, he would of not had the strength.
