Greene's Odyssey: A Shout Out to Athena by Dena Greene

Description

denagreene1 — 2014-01-15 04:16:21 UTC

Athena is the goddess of wisdom and war who favors Odysseus and pleads with Zeus to let Odysseus return home to his family; Zeus agrees to send Hermes down earth to the nymph Kalypso, where he is being held against his will yet longs to return home (nostos)

Magical Powers

denagreene1 — 2014-01-15 04:19:58 UTC

Athena appears to Telemakhos in various forms: Mentes (friend of the family), Mentor (older, revered man in Ithaca), a bird (as she is leaving him)

Importance in Story

denagreene1 — 2014-01-15 04:20:48 UTC

Book I: Athena inspires Telemakhos to seek out news of his father from Nestor and Menelaos, two chiefs from nearby islands. She also tells him that the suitors are acting irreverently and will get their “just desserts” for dishonoring the gods and disregarding the sacred laws of hospitality (xenia).

Athena, goddess of wisdom and war

denagreene1 — 2014-01-15 04:22:59 UTC

Athena at the Parthenon

denagreene1 — 2014-01-15 04:27:28 UTC

BOOK I: ATHENA, GODDESS OF WISDOM AND WAR

denagreene1 — 2014-01-15 04:31:08 UTC

Athena's symbol is an owl, commonly associated with wisdom

denagreene1 — 2014-02-03 21:38:11 UTC

Athena, goddess of wisdom, takes the guise of Mentor who comes to advise Telemakhos on his next steps.

denagreene1 — 2014-02-03 21:55:43 UTC