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A 5 page paper which examines the role of the gods and goddesses, how Odysseus related to them and considers how the inclusion of them elevates this poem into a great epic. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the ethical precepts they established for they feared the wrath they might incur if they didnt take the virtuous high road. Homer intended his poem "The Odyssey" to reflect
the values of his time. Therefore, the gods and goddesses are as prominently featured in the poem as they were in Greek life, and they are imbued with human
characteristics to emphasize the affinity for gods, and also revealed how some gods and goddesses were more revered than others. Ancient Greece was a polytheistic society, which meant many
gods and goddesses played important roles, but there was no god more powerful or feared than the mighty Zeus. He presided over Mount Olympus as an all-knowing patriarchal figure,
and he exhibited the same type of fatherly qualities over mortals like Odysseus. When Odysseus is punished for blinding a son of the sea god Poseidon and subsequently exiled
for ten long years on the island of Ogygia, it is Zeus who convenes a divine council (not attended by Poseidon) to decide whether it is time to lift the
sentence. As the poem unfolds, it becomes obvious that the gods and goddesses profoundly influence Odysseuss life and affect his arduous journey home to his wife Penelope and son
Telemakhos in Ithaka. The gods and goddesses also shape the poem structurally, and are featured at the beginning and end as a way for Homers narrative to bring the
tale full-circle, and to also symbolize how everything ultimately begins and ends with the gods (Griffin 144). In Book I, Zeus discusses the mortals trials and tribulations as if he
was a harried parent bemoaning his wayward children. He exclaims, "My word, how mortals take the gods to task! / All their afflictions come from us, we hear. /
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