Question: how are disguises used in the odyssey?
Answer: Her most memorable illusions in The Odyssey are disguises for herself or Odysseus. ... When Odysseus returns to Ithaca in Book 13 of The Odyssey, Athena disguises him as an old beggar, even going so far as to shrivel his skin, remove the "russet curls" (13.456) from his head, and dim the fire in his eyes.