ed veteran cursed by fate so long-
             Far from his loved ones still, he suffers torments
             Off on a wave-washed island rising at the center of the seas...
             Olympian Zeus, have you no care for him in your lofty heart?
             Did he never win your favor with sacrifices
             Burned beside the ships on the broad plain of Troy?
             Why, Zeus, why so dead set against Odysseus?
             Odysseus journey home - the exile must return! (1:54-76)
             This outcry to Zeus shows the favor that Athena has for Odysseus. Later in Book VI, when Odysseus wakes up on the shore of Phaecia, Athena sends the beautiful Nausicaa a dream instructing her to wash cloths in preparation for an upcoming wedding (6:32-44). Athena makes Nausicaa brave and Odysseus handsome, bringing them together in order to as
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