Throughout the text, The Odyssey presents a dichotomy of early Greek values---Athenian traits as opposed to Poseidon qualities. ... Athena explains that this serves the purpose of tricking the suitors into not knowing he is Odysseus. Instead of impulsively charging in and violently attacking the suitors as Odysseus desired to, this scheme allows for Odysseus and Athena to develop a plan that serves their purposes more effectively. ... In the very first pages of the poem, Zeus "remember[s] handsome Aegisthus, the man Agamemnon's son, renowned Orestes, killed" (1:34-35). ... The...

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