Just as Athena aided Telemachus, she came to the aid of the Odysseus when Poseidon was attempting to sabotage his return home. Odysseus, after the Trojan War , became conceited and overly zealous on his return home, blinded Poseidon's son Polyphemos . Poseidon took responsibility for creating detours and trials, vowing to do everything in his power to stop Odysseus from returning home to Ithaca. ... In many occurrences, in The Odyssey, Athena changed Odysseus' appearance, either to disguise him or make him look even more daunting than he normally would. ... This notion was recogniz...

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Calypso , nymph, daughter of Atlas, in Homer's Odyssey. ... When Odysseus enemy Poseidon was away, Athena persuaded Zeus to help, and thus the god sent Hermes to Calypso with a message to let the hero go. ...

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Her goal throughout the story of the Odyssey is to reunite Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, with his home and family, which he hasn't seen or kept in touch with for twenty years. ... Through out the story of the Odyssey, Athena can transform herself into anyone or anything to disguise herself so people don't know she is a goddess. ... She uses this power in the story "The Odyssey" in the beginning of the story she shows up as a mentor. ... Calypso set him free and gave him supplies of wood, cloth etc. to build a raft to set sail home, but Poseidon the king of the sea, makes a huge tidal...

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