I think this is the most criminally underrated detail in the Odyssey 😆:
so he spoke and the gray flashing-eyed goddess Athena, smiled and she smacked him with her hand; and in a smooth and swift motion she changed her form to a tall and beautiful woman and of deep knowledge to good crafts and she addressed him using winged words;
(Translation by me)
Like...she smacked him. SHE SMACKED HIM! 🤣🤣🤣 (χειρί τέ μιν κατέρεξε) after freaking smiling or smirking (μείδησεν)
Like seriously Athena has no chill! Hahaha I love her! She is such a playful goddess!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah everyone remembers how Athena grabbed Achilles by the hair in the Iliad which was hilarious enough but why for goodness sakes don't I see animatics or comics with her literally going like:
when Odysseus finished his fake story thinking she is just a mere mortal?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
