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The Character Of Athena In Homer's Odyssey

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She was originally a golden-haired, fair maiden, who, as a priestess of Athena was devoted to a life of celibacy however, after being wooed by Poseidon and falling for him, she forgot her vows and married him. for this offence she was punished by the goddess in a most terrible manner. each wavy lock of the beautiful hair that had charmed her husband was changed into a venomous snake; her once gentle, love-inspiring eyes turned into blood-shot, furious orbs, which excited fear and disgust in the mind of the onlooker; whilst her former roseate hue and milk-white skin assumed a loathsome greenish

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