Women In The Odyssey: Valued Beings Or Forgotten Slaves?

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with Athene interrupting
the chief god, Zeus, and reminding him of Odysseus' troubles on Earth. She
convinces them to back her against Poseidon, who is angry with Odysseus, and
allow her to start him on his journey home. She then continues to watch him
throughout the story to make sure he was safe. Everywhere he goes, she is
there. In Book Five, when Odysseus is leaving Calypso's island, Poseidon is
leaving Ethiopa, where he was visiting. When he sees Odysseus on his turf,
he whips up a large storm to kill Odysseus. As the waves crash all around
his ship, a woman, a goddess named Ino, gave him a veil that would protect
him from the sea. Once he has put this on, Athene calms down the winds and
sets him on a course with the North Wind to the land of the Phaeacians. As
he approaches the isle, he sees huge rocks that are about to crash into him.
The poem says that Athene was the one who put the idea into his head to
grab onto it quickly with both hands. She is an angel on his ...

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