Book Six: The Princess and The Stranger

It was an interesting way for Athena to manipulate Nausicaa into finding Odysseus. First with a dream about getting clothes washed so she could marry, and then making the ball fall into the water so the noise that they made would wake him up. Athena was very involved in this chapter when she keeps Nausicaa from running away by making her not afraid, and then making Odysseus more spectacular. When Odysseus takes a branch to cover himself, it seemed sort of funny since I forgot that he was walking around and sleeping in the forest completely nude. One paradox is how women are both the downfall of men in this book such as Calypso and Helen, yet they also constantly help them like Nausicaa and Ino.