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Odysseus trusted his son, Telemachus to help him defeat the suitors. He also trusted his two faithful servants, Eumaeus and Philoeteus.
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Odysseus returns home but remains disguised. Once he learns about the 108 suitors he kills them with the help of Telemachus and Philoeteus.
Athena does help Odysseus in his fight against the suitors, just not directly.She helps Odysseus' side's spears find their targets and helps the suitors miss theirs. Further she helps motivate Odysseus reclaim his battle-like demeanour in the face of so many men.Athena wishes for Odysseus to have the glory himself, and for him to remember what it was like to be a fierce warrior like that in the Trojan war. She chastises him for calling for Mentor's help, likening him to a coward.
Odysseus trusted his son, Telemachus to help him defeat the suitors. He also trusted his two faithful servants, Eumaeus and Philoeteus.
Telemachus and Athena
Philoetius is Odysseus's master cowherd in the Odyssey. Philoetius, Eumaeus, and Telemachus help Odysseus kill the suitors. Philoetius is Odysseus's master cowherd in the Odyssey. Philoetius, Eumaeus, and Telemachus help Odysseus kill the suitors.
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Athena helps Odysseus disguise himself before he reveals himself to Penelope, so that he can observe her interaction with the suitors. She also helps him defeat and kill Penelope's suitors before he plans to meet his wife and answer her questions about his identity.
Odysseus begins plotting his revenge once he learns of the suitors, but he does not start killing them until Book XXII, after threading his bow, and shooting it through the twelve axes' handles.
Odysseus returns home but remains disguised. Once he learns about the 108 suitors he kills them with the help of Telemachus and Philoeteus.
Athena does help Odysseus in his fight against the suitors, just not directly.She helps Odysseus' side's spears find their targets and helps the suitors miss theirs. Further she helps motivate Odysseus reclaim his battle-like demeanour in the face of so many men.Athena wishes for Odysseus to have the glory himself, and for him to remember what it was like to be a fierce warrior like that in the Trojan war. She chastises him for calling for Mentor's help, likening him to a coward.
Telemachus, Odysseus' son, was among the suitors present on the day Odysseus returned to Ithaca. He challenged the suitors with the help of his father before revealing his true identity.
Athena first takes the form of Mentor. When Odysseus calls to her for help, she berates him for being so weak and needing to call on the gods for help. She takes the form of a swallow and watches the battle from the rafters. When the suitors throw their spears at Odysseus and his men, she makes the spears mostly miss. Further, she helps guides Odysseus and his men's spears into the suitors. Finally, Athena holds up her Aegis, making the suitors cower and despair as Odysseus and his men slaughter them.
Telemachus, Eumaeus, and Philoetius, along with the goddess Athena, help Odysseus in the fight against the suitors in the epic poem "The Odyssey" by Homer. They assist Odysseus in his plan to reclaim his home and family from the suitors who have taken over his palace in his absence.
He reveals himself so that they may help him slaughter the suitors.