The Odyssey 2
The Odyssey, by Homer, is about a Trojan War hero, Odysseus, struggling to return home to his wife and son. While Odysseus is experiencing many hardships, which are preventing him from returning home, his wife is being besieged by suitors, and his son, Telemachus is growing up in chaos, without any support of an adult role model. Every child needs at least one role model of their gender, however, the only male role models Telemachus has are evil suitors, until his father returns home. Because he has no paternal role models to encourage him, he is very juvenile and immature, even for the age of nineteen. Because Athena favored Odysseus, she therefore had a liking for his son. Athena ...
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lines 104-105)" She realizes that Telemachus needs to be advised by a wise older man, she disguises herself as an old friend of Odysseus's, Mentes. As opposed to Athena disguising herself as just some stranger, she disguises herself as a very close friend of Odysseus, an equal, in order to seem more reliable. In the following passage Athena tries to convince Telemachus about her close relationship with his father "As for the ties between your father and myself, / we've been friends forever, I'm proud to say, / and he would bear me out / if you went and questioned old lord Laetes. (page 83, lines 216-219)" Athena morphs herself into a wise old male was because, to this point, Telemachus has had no real male role models, not even female ones other then his mother. Although Penelope has good intentions, there are still many obstacles preventing her from being a good mother. Because of this, Athena found it necessary for Telemachus to learn this from a man. Because Telemachus was ...
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handsome I see you now-be brave, you too, / so men to come will sing your praises down the years." (page 87, lines346-348), Athena gave Telemachus confidence, getting him into a positive attitude, and giving him hope to successfully find his father, return home, and restore peace in Ithaca. Athena also made sure that Telemachus understood that because he was Odysseus' son, what responsibilities he must embrace to set matters straight, "It all rests with you." (page 87, line 350). With this quote, Athena not only makes Telemachus' energy and wanting to find his father rise, but also to remind him that the out come of this situation depends completely on him. Athena also elaborated on ...
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