Instead, Athena could change his decisions and stop his actions without him knowing it. Athena also forces Odysseus to do things he otherwise wouldn't have done. When Odysseus first entered his home, Athena forced him to go to the suitors. "Athena stood beside Odysseus and prompted him to go among the suitors, begging for scraps to find out which were bad or good– although she had no thought of saving any out of the massacre which was to come." Line 360 -. Pg 398) Athena wants Odysseus to be enraged when he is fighting the suitors, so he will kill all of them. Athena doesn't want to save any of them, even if Odysseus thinks that they are a good person. Athena took advantage of Odysseus's pride and
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