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'''Poseidon in The Odyssey''' | '''Poseidon in The Odyssey''' | ||
Poseidon was Odysseus' greatest obstacle to returning home. It all started when Odysseus blinds Poseidon's son, Polyphemos. Of course, if Odysseus had not insulted Polyphemos after he blinded him Poseidon may have just let it go. After Odysseus blinds and insults Polyphemos, Poseidon takes out his anger on Odysseus and his family. | Poseidon was Odysseus' greatest obstacle to returning home. It all started when Odysseus blinds Poseidon's son, [[Polyphemos]]. Of course, if Odysseus had not insulted [[Polyphemos]] after he blinded him, Poseidon may have just let it go. After Odysseus blinds and insults [[Polyphemos]], Poseidon takes out his anger on Odysseus and his family. | ||
Poseidon does not kill Odysseus, but he keeps diverting him away from home, and therfore keeps him away from his happiness. | |||
In fact it takes 10 years for Odysseus to overcome the obstacles that Poseidon puts in his way and make his way home. Poseidon is stubborn in holding a grudge, but not entirely unreasonable. When he decides to bury the island of Scheria under a mountain in retaliation for the assistance the Phaeacians gave to Odysseus and his men in getting home, he gives way to [[Zeus]]’s persuasion and satisfies himself with turning their ship into stone as it sails back into the Phaeacian harbor. | |||
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March, Jenny. ''Dictonary of Classical Mythology.'' London: Cassell, 1998 | March, Jenny. ''Dictonary of Classical Mythology.'' London: Cassell, 1998 | ||
Ceram, C.W. ''Gods, Graves and Scholars.'' New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967 | |||