What Role Does Religion Play In The Odyssey

Religion is extremely significant in history specifically in greece. The Odyssey by Homer is about Odysseus's journey, and how the gods interfere during his voyage. The Greek gods are extremely crucial to the story. This is extremely important to Odysseus when on his journey back home, while they help him along the way. All of the gods seem to be always present and a critical aspect of the story. Gods are an active problem to Odysseus. Odysseus has to conquer several obstacles on his journey these hardships wouldn't be so difficult if the gods didn’t interfere. A case of this in the novel is when Circe baits Odysseus and his men with meat and bread, then turned into pigs except for Odysseus. This causes them to stay on the longer for a more extended period of time than they had hoped for. While on the island, Odysseus says, “So day by day we lingered, feasting long/ on roasts and wine until a year grew fat.” Circe’s makes several offers that are extremely tempting to Odysseus so that he can stay there for a lengthened period of time. Circe is a

An example in the Odyssey of this thinking is when Agamemnon thinks the gods aren't rooting for him because the winds were blowing in the direction he wanted. This is when he decides to sacrifice his daughter. His daughter's death doesn't really correlate with wind Agamemnon decides this will please the gods. The author states that Agamemnon’s decision “was terrible to all, but to her father [Agamemnon] it was hardly bearable.” Killing his daughter caused him a lot agony but he had to realize that satisficing gods is more important. The point of this scene is to show how much greeks valued gods over life. Agamemnon felt like he had to kill his daughter for his own well being and the ships. This shows how significant greek gods are to the citizens and how their approval is important. In general, religion and the greek gods play a critical role to the