As Zeus clarifies his opinion of hero Odysseus to his daughter Athena, who is seeking his help in protecting the suffering him from the ceaseless danger he has encountered, he proclaims, " 'Great Odysseus who excels all men in wisdom, excels in offerings too he gives the immortal gods who rule the vaulting skies?'... Zeus' assessment of Odysseus emphasizes his respect for the lost King of Ithaca, which, in this case, is influenced primarily by his abundant offerings to the gods and goddesses of Olympus. Because his sacrifices are one of the two reasons Zeus proposes to his ...

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In the myth the Odyssey, Odysseus and his army had just won the Trojan war and "The Greeks went mad with victory the night they entered the city; they forgot what was due to the gods; and on their voyage home they were terribly punished" (Mythology 211). The Gods made it terribly difficult for Odysseus to make it home after the war and it took twenty years. ... For example, the hero Odysseus had returned back from his twenty year long journey to his home where suitors had taken over the house. Athena disguised him as a beggar and Odysseus went to his home and won the challenge he to...

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