Athena, the goddess of crafts, domestic arts, and war, helped Odysseus through many adventures on his journey. She watched over him constantly and Odysseus often found himself praying to Athena for help or comfort. It was Athena who helped him beat the suitors and gain back his home in Ithaka. She disguised him as a beggar so no one would know who he was when he returned home. This was so he could find out who was still truly loyal to him. As Odysseus was fighting the suitors, Athena watched over him and prevented the suitors from killing him. After he and Telemachu

s, his son, had slain all the suitors and Odysseus had been reunited with Penelope, Athena turned his old skin into younger, more beautiful skin. Athena was a major help to Odysseus throughout his journey.

Zeus, the supreme of all gods and goddess, was always watching over Odysseus as he traveled home, but at times had to do things that hurt Odysseus. When Odysseus and his men stopped on the Island of the Sun God they were not supposed to eat the cattle. However the men were starving and, never the less killed the cattle. The sun god became angry and told Zeus that if he didn’t punish the men that he would take his sun to the underworld and let it shine there. Zeus couldn’t let this happen and sent a lightning bolt down upon the men’s ship causing them all to die and leaving Odysseus to hang in a tree above Kharybdis, the whirlpool. Odysseus then had to pass Skylla, the six headed sea monster. He made is safely past with the help of Zeus. When Odysseu

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