Gods in The Odyssey
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- Roles of the Gods in "The Odyssey"
- Athene
- Odysseus' patron goddess
- Helps Odysseus' family as well - concerned with his oikos
- Deliberately absent on Aeaea and Ogygia
- Puts ideas into mortals' heads
- Does not want to upset or offend Poseidon
- Helps Odysseus with disguises
- Poseidon
- Odysseus' enemy - hinders him most on his journey
- Seeking revenge for Odysseus blinding his son Polyphemus
- Several characters descend from him
- Important god. Receives lots of sacrifices - Nestor, Phaeacians, Ethiopians
- Appears in 5 + 13
- Hermes
- Messenger god.
- Escorts souls to Hades
- Helps Odysseus on Aeaea and Ogygia
- Circe
- Hinders and helps
- Enhances desirability of Odysseus
- Offers kleos
- Relationship
- Descent into Hades
- Tempts Odysseus into staying
- Uses up time - 1 year
- Plot device
- Zeus
- Zeus Xenios
- Blackmailed by Hyperion
- Shipwrecks Odysseus in Book 12
- God of Weather
- Using Odysseus to punish the Suitors for their bad xenia
- Odysseus favourite of Zeus
- Hyperion
- Blackmails Zeus to shipwreck Odysseus in Book 12
- Final downfall for crew
- Ino
- Saves Odysseus in Book 5
- Gives Odysseus the magic veil
- Saves Odysseus in Book 5
- River God
- Helps Odysseus in Book 5
- Slows the current so that he can swim upstream
- Helps Odysseus in Book 5
- Calypso
- Symbolises temptation
- Offers immortality to Odysseus
- Helps and hinders Odysseus
- Does not give kleos because nobody was there to witness the relationship
- Uses up time - 7 years
- Plot device - allows Suitors to become an issue
- Illustrates hierarchy amongst the gods
- Symbolises temptation
- Athene
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