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When analyzing the odyssey it is intriguing to evaluate the roles of women opposed to men and the differences and similarities between the two. From the book, we receive a representation of the role of women in the ancient Greek culture. Women in the Odyssey are placed on pedestals as beautiful creatures but were often inferior to men, and had little participation and involvement in the government and often had to resort to deception and treachery to get what they wanted. In the odyssey, it shows us the different ways women were looked upon. Women and Goddesses were vied as two separate groups of people and portrayed differently. Firstly Penelope, a faithful and loving wife to Odysseus, Homer reveals to us that that is how the Greeks believed wives should act. She was loyal to Odysseus even when it had appeared that he was dead. She resisted the suitors on the...

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