Femininity In the Odyssey

The many women that are included in Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey, all are presented with a certain appeal to them for which they come to attract Odysseus's eye. A group of the women that comes into contact with him are those helpful souls. Lets use Nausikaa as an example, she who encounters him when he arrives at her fathers land Scheria. Her charm, innocence and virtue are what intrigue Odysseus and she invites her …

…represented in this epic poem. Even though there may be a great diversity among the women in themselves, they basically share the same role. They encounter Odyseeus and show him a better passage way to his way home. The difference between them show the reader that the women from this poem are not like any other. And that each have to work with the hardships of a man led society which includes hunting and warfare.