Which two of these excerpts from Homers Odyssey depict the gods involvement in mortal affairs?

Answer 1

In Anceint Greek Myth, gods are so infinitely superior to humans that overall they have little concern for mortals whatsoever, unless they fall in love with one or use them as playthings.

However, a large part of Homer's Odyssey is reliant on the special relationship between Odysseus and Pallas Athena. Odysseus is the wise king of Ithaca who joined the Greeks during the Siege of Troy - the reader gets the impression that he is older than many of the other heros, such as Achilles, and it is obvious that he relies on intelligent tactics as much as - if not more than - most. Achilles, known as the greatest hero of them all, enters a mental state called the aristeia which is akin to what we sometimes refer to today as the red mist or psyching out, in which he becomes so angry that he turns into a terrifying and uncontrollable warrior not unlike the Berserkers of Norse myth/history. Odysseus, however, uses trickery - it was he who came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse, which allowed the Greeks entry into Troy and victory over its inhabitants; though he is undoubtedly a very skilled soldier when it comes down to physical fighting too.

It is perhaps due to his personification of these two aspects - skill in fighting and excellence in tactics - that endears him to Athena who was the goddess of both war and learning (which allowed her to always defeat her brother Apollo - the God of War and bloodhed - during the frequent battles in which they engaged simply for fun more than anything else). There are few stories in which a relationship between mortal and divine becomes as intense as that shared between the two characters - Athene later appears in the form of a swallow and keeps careful eye over Odysseus as he and his son Telemachus battle the far more numerous suitors, would-be future husbands of Odysseus' wife Penelope, who have gathered at his palace during his absence.

Answer 2

Agamemnon is the King of all Greeks who calls upon Odysseus to fulfill his soldiering duties by fighting in Troy.

Answer 3

they are friends with benifits