Throughout The Odyssey there are many presentations of women and many of them, if not servant girls or deities, are assigned to the narrow role of mothers, seductress , or some combination of both.Mothers are persistent figures throughout “The Odyssey” and are seen as the givers of pity and sorrow rather than true supporters of their sons and husbands in terms of military or personal quests. In most instances of depictions of mother figures in “The Odyssey”, these are women in need of support and guidance as they are weak and fragile. Without a steady male hand to guide them, these women appear to be lost and desolated. The value placed on fathers and sons in the odyssey is far greater than the bonds with mothers and daughters.