#it would have been easy for her to make herself look like penelope if she wanted to!

To make a short story long,

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Telemachus in book 1 expressing random doubt in his parents and Nestor in book 3 saying that he's never seen a god show so much open affection as Athena showed for Odysseus... Listen I know it makes no sense whatsoever for Athena to be Telemachus' real mother but that doesn't stop me from Thinking About It

#the odyssey #greek mythology #Athena is fallible just like any other Olympian!#it would have been easy for her to make herself look like Penelope if she wanted to!#this has been in the drafts for a hot minute but...I'm thinking about it again...