Her help and direct assistance to Telemachus benefits the main character. It is a matter of extreme importance, as he insists on releasing Odysseus from the prison. Her sincere willingness helps the main character. Announce to the nymph with the lovely braids our fixed decree: Odysseus journeys home-the exile must end. The goddess gives him strength and firmness to resist the forces he has to face.
After returning to Ithaca, Odysseus learns that the suitors surround Penelope. As a returning king, he has to regain control over Ithaca. To do so, he has to fight her audacious and shameless bridegrooms.
Athena supports Odysseus. The goddess assures the hero that he will not fail. She provides Telemachus with protection, as well.
She helps him the moment the bridegrooms almost kill him for his condemnation for their disgraceful behavior. Also, Athena contributes to preventing civil war in Ithaca. Then, she commands people to accept Odysseus as their ultimate king. She helps to stop aggression and restore peace. This way, Athena appears to be a caretaker for Odysseus and his son Telemachus.
She manages to gather a significant number of people around them. In such a way, she supports them. Athena uses all her powers and ties with gods to help Odysseus reach Ithaca.
She patronizes his family. This special favour by Athena is won by Odysseus through his reverence and loyalty to her. The goddess and the hero also share the same quality of being resourceful and wise. Unlike other Homeric heroes who achieve their aresteia through courage and bravery, Odysseus achieves his glory and great deeds through his cunning and wisdom. Therefore, she decides to intervene in Book 1 to encourage Telemachus to undertake a journey to Pylos and Mycenae. Athena believes that Telemachus will gain his own aresteia through learning the aresteia of his father from famous Homeric heroes like Nestor and Menelaus.
Telemachus must build up his own kleos glory , but Athena provides him with a clear direction. The transformation of Telemachus as a result of the intervention by Athena is huge. He is also hopeless when it comes to the return of his father.
He has complained to Athena multiple times that he believes his father will never return. Following his journey to Pylos and Mycenae, Telemachus becomes more confident and responsible. He has now understood the meaning and responsibility of being the son of Odysseus, the great king of Ithaca. Following his trip outside Ithaca, Telemachus starts to take more responsibility for being the master of the house and is now giving orders that even his mother must follow.
Athena also intervenes when Odysseus is in trouble. The goddess of wisdom and war plays a vital role as a mentor, advisor, and source of strength.
Without the goddess, Odysseus may never have made it home to Ithaca, and he certainly would not have regained his throne! The goddess of wisdom and war, Athena, was also considered the patroness of heroes.
Legendary figures such as Heracles and Perseus often received aid from the goddess on their quests. In this, she seemed particularly favorable toward Odysseus. Athena is an almost constant source of inspiration and assistance in the Odyssey. While she rarely makes herself known early in the travels of Odysseus, by the time he reaches Ithaca she proves to have played a major role in his story. Before the journey of Odysseus began, he and the other Greek commanders had earned the ire of the goddess by desecrating her temple in Troy.
While she appears to have softened toward Odysseus, however, she remains at a distance. Athena occasionally appears to Odysseus in dreams and indirectly helps him through his voyage. As his journey nears its end, however, she begins to take a more personal role in shaping his actions. By this point the hero has been traveling for almost a decade and Athena finally intercedes on his behalf.
When Poseidon , who had a long-standing grudge against the Ithacan king, is absent Athena petitions Zeus to allow Odysseus to return home. After seven years with the nymph, Odysseus is sent away on a raft.
When Poseidon discovers this he sinks the small vessel, but Odysseus is saved by Athena and a helpful sea nymph. The Phaecians take their guest home, where Athena has been busy guiding the lives of those Odysseus cares about. When the hero left for the Trojan War, his son Telemachus was an infant.
After twenty years, however, Telemachus is grown and his mother, Penelope, is surrounded by would-be suitors. When the suitors learn Telemachus is gone, they conspire to assassinate him when he returns to Ithaca.
Once more Athena guides the family, giving courage and wisdom to Penelope to keep her safe. Odysseus and Telemachus both return to Ithaca at the same time.
Athena disguises Odysseus as a beggar so he can sneak into his palace, but removes the disguise and makes him appear strong and youthful when his son finally meets him. Although she bids Odysseus to learn who among them is a good man, she decides that none are worth sparing. Athena makes Odysseus stronger in preparation for his fight against the suitors. Athena may have prevented Penelope from recognizing her husband, but she did inspire the queen to choose a task for the suitors that only Odysseus would succeed at.
His bow, which he had left behind when he went to war, had been specially strung in a way only he knew and the suitors were charged with restringing it.
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