The gods except Poseidon gather on Mount Olympus to discuss Odysseus’s fate. Athenas speech in support of the hero prevails on Zeus to intervene. Hermes, messenger of the gods, is sent to Calypso’s island to tell her that Odysseus must be allowed to leave so he can return home. . She complains that they are allowed to take mortal lovers while the affairs of the female gods must always be frustrated. In the end she talks to and listens to Zeus. After eighteen days at sea, Odysseus spots Scheria, the island of the Phaeacians, his next destination appointed by the gods. Just then, Poseidon, returning from a trip to the land of the Ethiopians, spots him and realizes what the other gods have done in his absence. Poseidon stirs up a storm, which nearly drags Odysseus under the sea, but the goddess Ino comes to his rescue. She gives him a veil that keeps him safe after his ship is wrecked. Athena too comes to his rescue as he is tossed back and forth, now out to the deep sea, now against the jagged rocks of the coast. Finally, a river up the coast of the island answers Odysseus’s prayers and allows him to swim into its waters. He throws his protective veil back into the water as Ino had commanded him to do and walks inland to rest in the safe cover of a forest.
My personal response to this is that Poseidon is angry that the gods did something without him. He is angry that they made a decision on what he opposed and did the opposite of what he says. He trys to hurt Odysseus this doesnt make snese to me. Why is a god trying to hurt or kill a person. Arent they supposed to be good and not like the underworld gods? Im confused on that but oh well. All of the other gods want him to go back home and claim what is his he is trying to as fast as he can. The other gods seem to help him throughout so he can do his duty or job and that is to reach home. They seem to guide him in what to do and do everything they can to make this come true.
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