Role of Women The role of women in Odysseus' voyage is very important. It's by virtue of women that this whole story even led the way it did. It was because of beautiful Helen that the Trojan war began, and because of Odysseus' love for Penelope that Odysseus needed to come back to Ithaca, and the famous Athena was an immortal goddess that made his voyage home possible. These three women shape the story of …
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…see that the women make most major reasons for situations to evoke. Helen started the war, causing Odysseus to leave his home. Odysseus' love for Penelope was too deep, that he had to come back to her, even if that meant risking his life through dangerous monsters. And finally goddess Athena helped him throughout his way back home, she watched him, and was always by his side. Without these women the story would not be.