Unfortunatley, neither Odysseus or Telemakhos could be reached for further blogging. Therefore, I, Athena, Supreme Goddess of War will be temporarily filling you in on his whereabouts.
Oh! What a day it has been! As if the job of protecting Telemakhos was not enough, Zeus called a surprise meeting at the top of Mt. Olympus today! Do you have ANY idea how long it takes to fly up there when the winds are 50 miles an hour like they are today?! Well, assuming that you don't not know how difficult a task this is, it is EXTREMLEY so. Anyway, all of us Gods arrived to discuss the fate of the war hero, Odysseus, stranded on the island of Ogygia. Well all of us, that is, except Poseidon but he and Odysseus don't always see eye to eye on things, so the all powerful God of the Sea felt that he had no place at the meeting. But myself being the sole advocate for that poor stranded man, I made as best a case I could to my father Zeus, which was in turn, successful. Daddy agreed to send his messenger, Hermes to the mysterious island to have a word with Kalypso. Begrudgingly, and not wanting to get on Zeus' bad side, Kalyspo agrees to let her prisoner free as soon as she could. We then find a distraught Odysseus on the beach, his body shaking with sobs and his face stricken with homesickness. All of that changes, however, when Provided with only a flimsy raft as transportation, Odysseus departs the island...but all is not over. My Tempermental uncle, returning for a voyage, sees a struggling Odysseus in the middle of the sea upon the flimsy raft and sends a vicious sea storm towards him and almost drowns the exhausted man!! How ridiculous he can be sometimes!! Just because he is the God of the Sea does not mean he can inflict pain upon mortals for enjoyment!
Well thank goodness I was there to save the day (btw this is when you start to clap:), otherwise I would have nothing but a sob story to report to you today!! With the help of myself and a sea nymph Leukothea, we engaged in a full on battle and resulting in a very happy man safley ashore and a very frusterated God with a trident!!
Oops! Got to go, dinner time! TTYL, Athena
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