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Homer: The OdysseyGrade 7dialectic Stage

The Counsel of Athene

The gods meet on Olympus. Athene pleads for Ulysses, who has been trapped on Calypso's island for years. Zeus agrees to send Hermes to release him. Athene goes to Ithaca to encourage Telemachus.

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