HOMER

The goddess, flashing-eyed Athena original: "glaukōpis Athēnē"; this epithet suggests bright, gleaming, or owl-like eyes., then answered him:
“O our father, son of Cronos, highest of lords, 45

truly that man lies low in a death well-deserved;
so may any other perish who does such deeds!
But my heart is torn for the clever Odysseus original: "daïphroni," meaning wise, battle-hardened, or prudent.,
that ill-fated man who for a long time now has suffered grief far from his friends
on a sea-girt island, where the very center literally "the navel" (omphalos) of the sea lies. 50

It is a wooded island, and a goddess makes her home there—
the daughter of Atlas the malevolent original: "oloophronos," meaning "destructive-minded" or "mighty-minded.", who knows the
depths of all the seas and himself holds the tall pillars
that keep earth and heaven asunder.
It is his daughter who holds that wretched, mourning man captive; 55

she continually beguiles him with soft and seductive words
so that he might forget Ithaca. Yet Odysseus,
longing to see even the smoke leaping up from his own land,
longs only to die. Does your heart not take heed of this,
Olympian? Did Odysseus not offer you pleasing sacrifices sacrifices: here, "hiera rhezōn" refers to the ritual performance of holy rites/offerings. 60

beside the ships of the Greeks original: "Argeiōn" (Argives), a common Homeric name for the Greeks.
in the broad land of Troy? Why then, Zeus, have you conceived such a grudge original: "ōdysao"; the poet uses a verb that punningly connects the name "Odysseus" to the concept of being an object of divine anger. against him?”
Then Zeus, the cloud-gatherer, answered her:
“My child, what a word has escaped the barrier of your teeth!
How could I ever forget godlike Odysseus, 65

who is beyond all other mortals in wisdom and has given the most
offerings to the immortal gods who hold the wide heaven?
But Poseidon, the Earth-Enfolder original: "gaiēochos," an epithet for the god who surrounds or shakes the earth., is unceasingly and stubbornly angry
because of the Cyclops, whose eye Odysseus blinded—

1 Other translators suggest “grey-eyed”; however, if a color is intended, it is almost certainly blue. The interpretation of “bright-eyed” or “flashing-eyed” is strongly supported by the Iliad, Book 20, line 172 and Book 1, line 200.

Athena, Zeus, Odysseus, Atlas, Poseidon, Cyclops, Ithaca, Troy, Olympus