check out our: (Zeus): 'Oh for shame, how the mortals put the
blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is
they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond
what is given […].' (1.32-34) "Fate" seems little more like
cause-and-effect than some divine master plan: if you goof
things up by, say, telling the giant you've just blinded your
name, then you're going to get Poseidon after you. That's just
how it works. (Zeus:) “For his sake Poseidon, shaker of the
earth, although he does not kill Odysseus, yet drives him back
from the land of his fathers. But come, let all of us who are
here work out his homecoming and see to it that he returns.
Poseidon shall put away his anger; for all alone and against the
will of the other immortal gods united he can accomplish
nothing.” (1.74-79) The way that Poseidon functions under Zeus’s
will is a perfect example of fate and free will combined. While
he must eventually allow Odysseus to go home, he gets to choose
how long it takes and how much the