Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey '
Level 1: What do the gods decide on when Poseidon is away for the fate of Odysseus?
Level 2: In Book VII (7), why do you think Athena wants to mask Odysseus’s identity from the palace of Alcinoos?
Level 2: Why doesn’t Odysseus accept/trust the help of the gods other than that of Athena?
Level 3: If you were Zeus, would you take Athena’s side and allow Odysseus to return home or would you take Poseidon’s side, OR would you mediate as Zeus did in the book and explain your thoughts. 1: Athena explains to the gods that Odysseus remains trapped on Calypso's Island and needs help, and the suitors plan to murder Telemachus. Zeus agrees that it is time for Odysseus to return home, but that it will not be easy. Zeus explains, "He shall build a raft, and a hard voyage he shall have, until twenty days he shall come to land on Scheria, the rich domain of our own …show more content…
At the palace of Alcinoos, they pray to Poseidon. For the well being of Odysseus, she creates this mist to hide his heroic and godlike aura. Additionally, Odysseus himself does not expose his name to Alcinoos in Books 5-8. “A thick mist hid him from sight, as Athena did not wish any one to meet him and provoke him and ask him who he was” (81).
2: For twenty years he has been on the, dare I say, “naughty list” of the gods, especially Poseidon. According to Greek mythology, Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon are the main controlling gods. As Odysseus had greatly upset Poseidon, all of his sons and daughters have troubled Odysseus. But when Calypso said that Odysseus could leave he thought it was trap. “I am sure there is something else in your mind, goddess, and no kind of send-off for me, when you tell me to cross the great gulf of the sea on a raft” (65). In addition, when Ino wanted to give him the veil so that he would not drown, he was reluctant to utilize
Level 2: In Book VII (7), why do you think Athena wants to mask Odysseus’s identity from the palace of Alcinoos?
Level 2: Why doesn’t Odysseus accept/trust the help of the gods other than that of Athena?
Level 3: If you were Zeus, would you take Athena’s side and allow Odysseus to return home or would you take Poseidon’s side, OR would you mediate as Zeus did in the book and explain your thoughts. 1: Athena explains to the gods that Odysseus remains trapped on Calypso's Island and needs help, and the suitors plan to murder Telemachus. Zeus agrees that it is time for Odysseus to return home, but that it will not be easy. Zeus explains, "He shall build a raft, and a hard voyage he shall have, until twenty days he shall come to land on Scheria, the rich domain of our own …show more content…
At the palace of Alcinoos, they pray to Poseidon. For the well being of Odysseus, she creates this mist to hide his heroic and godlike aura. Additionally, Odysseus himself does not expose his name to Alcinoos in Books 5-8. “A thick mist hid him from sight, as Athena did not wish any one to meet him and provoke him and ask him who he was” (81).
2: For twenty years he has been on the, dare I say, “naughty list” of the gods, especially Poseidon. According to Greek mythology, Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon are the main controlling gods. As Odysseus had greatly upset Poseidon, all of his sons and daughters have troubled Odysseus. But when Calypso said that Odysseus could leave he thought it was trap. “I am sure there is something else in your mind, goddess, and no kind of send-off for me, when you tell me to cross the great gulf of the sea on a raft” (65). In addition, when Ino wanted to give him the veil so that he would not drown, he was reluctant to utilize