Athena Odysseus Relationship

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Athena’s relationship with Odysseus was close friends. They were close friends because Athena was always trying to help Odysseus anyway she could. She was always giving Odysseus advice and protecting him and “urges” him into doing things; she also would protect Odysseus’ family, his son mostly, by telling them if something bad was going to happen. First, Athena helped Odysseus in many ways. She “appealed to Zeus to help Odysseus since he has been wondering the seas for ten years”. Then when Odysseus swims to Scheria and crawls under a bush to hide she puts him to sleep so his “distress” would end. Athena also disguised Odysseus as the beggar which got him into the hall of women without being recognized. Athena gave Odysseus beauty when…show more content…
When Odysseus was fighting the suitors Athena was there but she wasn’t going to help until Odysseus needed it and when six of the suitors attacked him at the same time Athena “deflected their arrows” which gave Odysseus and Telemachus time to attack the suitors. Book 22 Third, Athena protected Odysseus’ family by telling Telemachus to travel to look for his father. This protected Telemachus because the suitors were going to kill him. Athena also tells him to be careful when he returns because they were still plotting to kill him. She helped the family out because when Odysseus returned Athena went to Telemachus and told him to go home. Books 1 and 16 Lastly, Athena was always “urging” Odysseus to do things. When Odysseus was back in Ithaca Athena “urged” him to go talk to his swineherd. Athena also “urged” Odysseus to tell Telemachus that he was his father and not just a beggar. When Odysseus was fighting the suitors Athena told him to keep fighting. Books 16 and 22 All the protection, help, advice, urging to do something, and family protection is what leads to the conclusion that Athena and Odysseus are close friends because someone wouldn’t help another person this much unless they were close friends. Without Athena I don’t think Odysseus could have finished his journey home to
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