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Hmm, thanks Tiffany, that may be at least where modern writers get the idea of ascribing their own god-overthrowing aspirations.
I don't think that's correct. Poseidon disliked the Argives in the first place but was really enraged with Odysseus because he blinded Polyphemus. Others are scattered because of the rape of Cassandra in Athena's temple by little Ajax. People are making sacrifices and prayers to the gods constantly, including Odysseus, although his men also enrage Apollo and are killed in the lightning accident after they eat Apollo's cattle.
At Od I.60 Athena says, "did the sacrifices he made at Troy win no favour in your sight" to Zeus. Similar expressions of piety abound. He does castigate Athena for having left him unaided for so many years, but that is hardly a rebellion.
I agree with Rich and James. Just finished it and can't think of a single hint to suggest that he was anything but "god-fearing" (the phrase Eurykleia used to describe Odysseus in 19:361).
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Hmm, thanks Tiffany, that may be at least where modern writers get the idea of ascribing their own god-overthrowing aspirations.
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I don't think that's correct. Poseidon disliked the Argives in the first place but was really enraged with Odysseus because he blinded Polyphemus. Others are scattered because of the rape of Cassandra in Athena's temple by little Ajax. People are making sacrifices and prayers to the gods constantly, including Odysseus, although his men also enrage Apollo and are killed in the lightning accident after they eat Apollo's cattle.
At Od I.60 Athena says, "did the sacrifices he made at Troy win no favour in your sight" to Zeus. Similar expressions of piety abound. He does castigate Athena for having left him unaided for so many years, but that is hardly a rebellion.
I agree with Rich and James. Just finished it and can't think of a single hint to suggest that he was anything but "god-fearing" (the phrase Eurykleia used to describe Odysseus in 19:361).
