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I see Odysseus as well as Telemachus going through some brutal things and Athena and the rest of gods are just looking at them as if they were watching Jerry Springer. Poseidon keeps throwing storms after storms at Odysseus as revenge for poking his son's (Polyhemus) eye out, Telemachus is running around as if he's trying to catch the moon and Athena is just watching them and pushing them here or there. That's what brings us to the beginning of the book- if Athena knew Odysseus was alive, why didn't she just tell Telemachus? It's either I missed a vital clue, or Homer left it out on purpose in order to make a good profit. Also, I just adored it when Calypso argued with Zeus saying that how come gods can woo human females but goddess are not allowed to bed mortal men. Just you just love it when females make a point and the men are lost for words?