She is always spoken of with respect and is remembered for her heroic deeds. She is not degraded like many of the other women Odysseus sees in the underworld. Everyone adores her and speaks of her successes with great admiration; she is truly admired, but because she is a goddess. Athena has a control over men that most women in the Odyssey do not have. Women's lives depend on what men think of them, on the other hand, men's lives depend on Athena's opinion of them. Athena is the "virgin daughter of Zeus" and no one used her that way. It is too important to be used as a pleasure for men; they depend on her for their well-being. Another woman who plays an important role in this epic is Calypso. Calypso is a nymph, daughter of Zeus, and lives on an island in the middle of the ocean. One day Odysseus is sent to her by the sea god, Poseidon, because Poseidon was angry at Odysseus for blinding his son, the Cyclops. It is on this island that another woman is used as a sex toy and is not regarded for her conquests, but rather for her beauty and the fact that she is the daughter of Zeus. Men in the Odyssey only value women who they can use for physical needs and wealth, such as the women in the underworld that Odysseus and Penelope meet. Homer shows us how men in the Odyssey consider women less important than men. Readers rarely hear about women throughout the book. When they do, they are shown