Wednesday, February 22, 2012

During The Odyssey, what specifically does Athena do to help Telemachus in book 2?

In book 2, Athena helps Telemachus in several ways. First,
when Telemachus addresses the people, he approaches them as a young prince with all of
the immaturity and inexperience he has. However, Athena graces him with power to control
his speech and impress the people.


Although the people are
impressed, some dissenters make this difficult. Later in the book, she helps again by
appearing as a local advisor, Mentor. Telemachus listens to Mentor (who is really
Athena) and grows excited to complete a journey or search in the effort to find
Odysseus.


A little later, she disguises herself as
Telemachus and prepares the entire ship for the
journey.


Therefore, Athena motivates, encourages, and
serves Telemachus making his quest possible. Each of her three acts contributed to his
ability to take the trip, but he has no idea that she did them. Oh, she also went along
disguised as Mentor... that makes a total of four actions to help
him.

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