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Women of the Odyssey

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May 16, 2015

 

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Homer portrays the females in contradictory ways: the characters of Athena and Eurykleia are given strong, admirable roles while Melantho, the Sirens and Circe are depicted in a much more negative way. Penelope?the central female character?is given both negative and positive attributes. Athena, the grey-eyed goddess of wisdom and battle, has a soft spot for Odysseus and Telemachos...
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The action begins with a meeting of the gods, where Athena makes a plea on behalf of Odysseus, asking her father, "Why, Zeus, are you now so harsh with him?" (I, 62). This action, paired with another intervention into a meeting of the gods, shows Athena's initiative and nerve, two traits which would have been greatly admired by Homer's audience...
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