Final answer:
Odysseus looks more like himself due to divine intervention, particularly by the goddess Athena, who aids in his disguise and later in revealing his royal appearance.
Step-by-step explanation:
The character Odysseus is able to recover and look more like himself through option c) He receives divine intervention. In the epic, Odysseus is assisted by Athena, who helps in his transformation to a beggar to enter Ithaca unnoticed, and later aids in his transition back to his heroic and kingly appearance. This transformation is part of the numerous divine interventions that occur in Homer's Odyssey where gods and goddesses play crucial roles in the progression of the story by directly intervening in human affairs. The use of divine intervention is a common theme in Greek epic poetry, as evidenced by Athena's assistance to Odysseus and other gods' earlier support to heroes like Perseus with magical tools, such as the reflective shield and the winged sandals of Hermes.