The budding flowers show that by gaining knowledge you have more life as Athena does. These budding flowers further explain the dual nature of Athena’s personality through her feminine and warrior traits. This metaphor that is embodied in the statue of Athena is a strong depiction of common themes in The Odyssey. Wise people are always gaining more life experience and end up winning their battles in the end as depicted by Odysseus. When Odysseus outwits Polyphemus by telling him his name is nobody, gets him drunk and kills him Polyphemus screams, “Nobody is killing me.” To anyone that could possibly hear this it just sounds like Polyphemus is a drunken fool; but Odysseus’ wise decisions led him to succeed. Through many decisions very similar to this one, and through Athena’s care Odysseus has a successful journey home. The metaphor depicted in the statue of Athena relates to this situation because Odysseus ends up gaining life experience and learns more through his use of his sharp wit but still manages to be the victor in the
The budding flowers show that by gaining knowledge you have more life as Athena does. These budding flowers further explain the dual nature of Athena’s personality through her feminine and warrior traits. This metaphor that is embodied in the statue of Athena is a strong depiction of common themes in The Odyssey. Wise people are always gaining more life experience and end up winning their battles in the end as depicted by Odysseus. When Odysseus outwits Polyphemus by telling him his name is nobody, gets him drunk and kills him Polyphemus screams, “Nobody is killing me.” To anyone that could possibly hear this it just sounds like Polyphemus is a drunken fool; but Odysseus’ wise decisions led him to succeed. Through many decisions very similar to this one, and through Athena’s care Odysseus has a successful journey home. The metaphor depicted in the statue of Athena relates to this situation because Odysseus ends up gaining life experience and learns more through his use of his sharp wit but still manages to be the victor in the