In the mythic poem "Odyssey" by Homer, Odysseus takes a long journey to reunite with her wife, Penelope. Penelope did not known that Odysseus was alive, and even though Athena knew this information, she did not tell Penelope about it. The reason behind Athena's decision is not clear, it is believed that it was not Athena's scope to help Penelope as a Godess or just the author decided to add tension to the story by letting Penelope not knowing about Odysseus being alive
