d fly away, he gains respect for Telemachus: "my friend, no fear that you will ever be a dastard or a knave, when, young as you are, you already have your guardian gods" [Book 3 p60]. Odysseus has Athene's support, and although he doesn't trust in it completely, it implies he will get home.
             While goddesses may choose to support men, they are can not decide the ultimate details of their fate - this is left to Zeus and the male gods. Apollo starts the action of the Iliad - "Which of the gods was it that made them quarrel? It was Apollo, Son of Zeus and Leto, who started the feud" [Book 1 p23], and Zeus ends it. Zeus decides when to make people win and lose, and when the
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