Irony Example : In the odyssey, the goddess athena disguises herself as an old man and uses spec......
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In the Odyssey, the goddess Athena disguises herself as an old man and uses special sandals to walk on the water to get to Ithaka. Telemakhos, the man whom she stays with, questions the goddess-appearing-as-man about how he arrived in Ithaka, saying "What kind of ship is yours ... I don't suppose you walked here on the sea."
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