Disguise Flashcards
Athene helps Odysseus in book 6…
By making him ‘radiant with grace and beauty’ to look more appealing to Nausicaa.
She made his hair as ‘thick as the petals of a hyacinth in bloom’
She does so by using skill… ‘Just as a craftsman trained by Hephaestus and Pallas Athene in the secrets of his art ‘
Athene disguises herself in book 1 to enact change in Telemachus’ character yet makes it known she is a god with her exit
Athene disguised herself as the ‘Taphian chieftain Mentes’
‘vanishing like a bird through the hole in the roof… he realised a god had been with him.’
Athene helps Odysseus enter the Palace of the Phaeacians
‘shedding a magic mist round her favourite in concern for his safety’
Circe disguises the men as pigs - Odysseus could (with the help of Hermes) see through and overcome Circe’s power
‘looking exactly like full grown swine’
Athene disguises herself at first when she meets Odysseus in Ithaca - she enjoys deceiving him
‘Athene now appeared disguised as a young shepherd.’
‘She now wore the appearance of a tall woman, beautiful and accomplished’
She said ‘and yet you did not recognise Pallas Athene… who always stands by your side and guides you through life’s adventures.’
The disguise of Odysseus as a beggar - what this then allows him to do
‘I shall wither the smooth skin on your supple limbs’
They both sat down to ‘scheme the downfall of the presumptuous suitors’
Odysseus disguises his identity from the Phaeacians through evading questions - but reveals who he is when he knows his kleos & deeds reached them through the bard song
The bard sang ‘For it was their destiny that they should perish when Troy received in its walls the mighty Wooden Horse.’
