In the Odessey, Homer has focused on the masculine characters as the most prominent. This is to be expected when one looks at the time period in which he lived, but there are some notable exceptions of some outstanding female characters. This does not mean that women were the focus of the story, they were not. What this means is that there were some surprisingly important female characters that played essential roles within the story. …showed first 75 words of 1210 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1210 total…seared; the pierced ball hissed broiling, and the roots popped. (9: 406-9, 412-23) These are violent images to say the least. This is just one example of how Homer tried to appeal to the masculine audience. For all of Homer's passages that were geared towards men, you have to give him credit for creating deep and strong female characters. You really cannot blame him for writing for the male audience, though. After all, he was one.