While fate determines the ultimate destination, the nature of the journey toward that fate-whether it will be difficult or easy, full of shame or glory-depends on the actions of gods and men. Though the gods seem all-powerful, "not even the gods/ can defend a man, not even one they love, that day/ when fate takes hold and lays him out at last." Fate is the force of death in the midst of life, the destination each man or woman will ultimately reach. Three somewhat distinct forces shape the lives of men and women in The Odyssey: fate, the interventions of the gods, and the actions of the men and women themselves.
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