Power Of Women In Homer's Odyssey

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Question 4 Most of the women in the Odyssey were seen to have a lot of power. The most obvious example would be Athena, the daughter of Zeus, and a powerful goddess in her own right. Throughout the story she provided divine assistance to Telemachus and Odysseus. Without her help, it is very likely that Odysseus would never return home and Telemachus would end up having a new father. Calypso is a nymph who trapped Odysseus on her island for seven years. She had fallen in love with Odysseus and wanted to keep him with her, and while albeit selfish, it was only because she had truly fallen in love with him. She begrudgingly releases Odysseus when Zeus commands her to do so, but not without giving a passionate speech about hypocrisy. While Zeus

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