Athena disguises him as an old beggar to help him get past the suitors and when he gets to Penelope, she turns Odysseus back into himself and even makes him more handsome. Athena is just one example of the power women had over Odysseus during his journey home. ... Penelope was a very clever woman and it was not until days before Odysseus' return that she started to give up hope of his return. "So everyday she wove on the great loom-but every night by torchlight she unwove it; and so for three years she deceived the Achaeans," (Book 2, Lines 29-31). ... She represented Odysseus&...

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