Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey

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From the moment I was born I was special. The first of my father's children to not be devoured at first sight. To hide on far away from my father on the island of Crete, to be raised by Gaia, Adamanthea, and a goat named Amalthea. The first to stand up and defeat my father Cronos and the rest of the titans with my mighty lightning bolt forged by the Cyclops. Although the battle lasted for a long tremendous period of time we won and conquered the Earth and put the menacing titans where they belonged and where they could never escape. I am Zeus. Alongside my brothers and sisters Hades, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia we reinvented this world. I became the king of all Gods, the master to all men, the king of the Heavens. In charge of dispensing justice to all men, gods and goddesses. After settling our new home Mt. Olympus I sought out my 3rd spouse. I had married Metis, the Titaness of wisdom …show more content…

One letting the Greeks destroy and sack Troy. I preferred the Trojans however Hera preferred the Greeks. And When she doesn't get her way she is insufferable. The second is letting my big brother Poseidon bully and abuse Odysseus on his way home. Leaving him on that island for multiple years on end was one of my biggest mistakes. However my brilliant daughter Athena finally convinced my old self to let him leave. I sent my son to free him and let him go home. But even then Poseidon continued to try to deprive Odysseus of his return home. However I told him to kill those Phaeacians who brought Odysseus home instead of Odysseus himself. However in the end he returned home and I granted him the power and the strength to help him and his companions take back his house and get revenge on the dreadful suitors. I also helped settle the dispute of their dead bodies and the families who had lost a son. With one quick zap of my lightning bolt the dispute was solved. I do miss Odysseus, killed by Telegonus spear, tipped with