List two ways in which Book 7 links with the "Stages of the Hero's Journey":
1. Meeting with the mentor/supernatural aid - During the first part of Book 7, Odysseus unknowingly encounters Athena, disguised as a small girl. She provides unseen, divine support for Odysseus by creating a wall mist; which, hides his prescence from the Phaeacians, who are generally resentful of foreigners.
2. Crossing the first threshold- From line 97, Odysseus's entrence into the palace of King Alcinous is described in depth as a crossing into a threshold . This passage is meant to represent his first steps into a long journey/adventure.
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