Which stage of "The Hero's Journey" does the following represent?

Before "The Illiad," King Odysseus of Ithaca lives at home with his wife, Penelope, and his son Telemachus

Which stage of "The Hero's Journey" does the following represent?

In The Odyssey Athena takes the guise of an old friend of the family to guide Telemachus in his father’s absence. She encourages him to speak out against Penelope’s suitors and, believing the men to be a threat, arranges a ship to take Odysseus’s son to safety Pylos and to seek information in Sparta.

Which stage of "The Hero's Journey" does the following represent?

In The Illiad, King Odysseus doesn't want to leave Telemachus and Penelope to go and fight in a war.

Which stage of "The Hero's Journey" does the following represent?

In The Illiad, Odysseus agrees to honor his oath and leaves Ithaca to cross the sea and fight the Trojan War. This starts his 20 year absence from his family.

Which stage of "The Hero's Journey" does the following represent?

In The Odyssey, Odysseus returns to Ithaca disguised as a beggar and reunites with Telemachus for the first time in 20 years.

Which stage of "The Hero's Journey" does the following represent?

In The Odyssey, Odysseus encounters Polyphemus (the cyclops), the Lotus Eaters, Hermes, Poseidon, Calypso, Eumaeus, a mermaid, and Circe, King Aeolus, the Sirens, Nausicaa, Scylla, Charybdis, Helios' cattle, and the Laestrygonians.

Which stage of "The Hero's Journey" does the following represent?

Odysseus returns to Ithaca and must complete the bow and arrow challenge, defeat and kill the suitors, restore peace to Ithaca, and complete Penelope's test to take his rightful place on his throne as king and reclaim his wife, Penelope.

Which stage of "The Hero's Journey" does the following represent?

In spite of all of the difficulties that Odysseus encounters over the 20 years of The Illiad and The Odyssey, all he wants to do is return to his home, his wife, and his son. The Odyssey tells of this journey.

Which stage of "The Hero's Journey" does the following represent?

To return home, Odysseus must journey to Erebus, the Land of the Dead, to consult Tiresias, the seer.

Which stage of "The Hero's Journey" does the following represent?

In The Odyssey, Odysseus takes back his wife after killing the suitors and answering that it is impossible to move his bed - proving who he is and that he is fully in control of his own life.

Which stage of "The Hero's Journey" does the following represent?

Athena appeals to the people of Ithaca, and orders Odysseus to put away his sword to fulfill the prophecy of Tiresias and live in peace.

Which of the following characters in The Odyssey Would be considered a Hero?

Which of the following characters in The Odyssey Would be considered a mentor?

Which of the following characters in The Odyssey Would be considered a Threshold Guardian?

Which of the following characters in The Odyssey Would be considered a shapeshifter?

Which of the following characters in The Odyssey Would be considered a herald?

Which of the following characters in The Odyssey Would be considered a shadow?

Which of the following characters in The Odyssey Would be considered a trickster?

In what ways does Athena help Odysseus?

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