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Read the following passage and answer the question.

But the goddess drifted through like a breath of fresh air,
rushed to the girl's bed and hovering close she spoke,
in face and form like the shipman Dymas' daughter,
a girl the princess' age, and dearest to her heart.
Who is the goddess mentioned in this passage?
Aphrodite
Athena
Artemis
Calypso​

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The answer is Athena
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Answer: The right answer is the B. Athena.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that this is an excerpt from Book VI, which relates the encounter between Odysseus and Nausicaa. Athena is here visiting King Alcinous, since she wants him to assist in Odysseus's return. She enters a beautifully decorated room and finds Nausicaa, the king's daughter, sleeping there accompanied by her maids. Athena disguises as one of Nausicaa's closest friends, Dymas' daughter, she approaches her swiftly and quietly, "like a breath of fresh air," and talks to her.

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