“Athena answered, her eyes brightening now,
‘You must be a fool, stranger, or come from nowhere, if you really have to ask what land this is.
Trust me, it’s not so nameless after all. It’s known the world around, To all who live to the east and rising sun.
And to all who face the western mists and darkness. Goddess Athena, gray eyes gleaming, broke into a smile and stroked Odysseus with her hand, and now she appeared a woman, beautiful, tall and skilled at weaving lovely things.” (B.13, 268-74)
‘You must be a fool, stranger, or come from nowhere, if you really have to ask what land this is.
Trust me, it’s not so nameless after all. It’s known the world around, To all who live to the east and rising sun.
And to all who face the western mists and darkness. Goddess Athena, gray eyes gleaming, broke into a smile and stroked Odysseus with her hand, and now she appeared a woman, beautiful, tall and skilled at weaving lovely things.” (B.13, 268-74)
“But now I beg you by your almighty Father’s name…
for I can’t believe I’ve reached my sunny Ithaca, I must be roaming around one more exotic land— you’re mocking me, I know it, telling me tales
to make me lose my way. Tell me the truth now, have I really reached the land I love?” (B.13, 368-73)
for I can’t believe I’ve reached my sunny Ithaca, I must be roaming around one more exotic land— you’re mocking me, I know it, telling me tales
to make me lose my way. Tell me the truth now, have I really reached the land I love?” (B.13, 368-73)
“Her head was now of so fearful an appearance, that every one who looked at it was changed into stone. Hence the great difficulty which Perseus had in killing her..”
“Vain and foolish girl," Athena shouted angrily, "You think your a prettier girl than me. While other people are working, playing or learning you just boast about your self.
Medusa there is more to life than beauty alone you see. One day beauty will fade away. But I will make it fade away now and all your loveliness will be gone forever." Now anyone who looks in your eyes will now turn into stone and no one will be able to save them," snapped Athena,
"Even you, Medusa, should you seek your reflection, will turn to rock the moment you see your face."
"Even you, Medusa, should you seek your reflection, will turn to rock the moment you see your face."
“At the instance of Medusa’s death her eyes flew open. There was a roaring of thunder and out of the severed neck arose a magnificent winged horse. As it flew into the sky, dark shadows shifted. "Who dares desecrate our lair?" The furious Gorgons scanned the gloom with their deadly eyes, but Perseus, wearing the helmet of darkness, was invisible to them. Still using the shield as a mirror, he grabbed the loathsome snaked hair, lifted the head with its terrifying staring eyes and dropped it into his bag.”
“That very moment
great Odysseus woke from sleep on native ground at last— he’d been away for years—but failed to know the land for the goddess Pallas Athena, Zeus’s daughter, showered mist over all, so under cover
she might change his appearance head to foot
as she told him every peril he’d meet at home—
keep him from being known by wife, townsmen, friends, till the suitors paid the price for all their outrage. And so to the king himself all Ithaca looked strange…” (B.13, 212-21)
great Odysseus woke from sleep on native ground at last— he’d been away for years—but failed to know the land for the goddess Pallas Athena, Zeus’s daughter, showered mist over all, so under cover
she might change his appearance head to foot
as she told him every peril he’d meet at home—
keep him from being known by wife, townsmen, friends, till the suitors paid the price for all their outrage. And so to the king himself all Ithaca looked strange…” (B.13, 212-21)
