Literary Devices in Homer’s Odyssey In Homer’s Odyssey many literary devices are used which make the epic more interesting to the reader. First, Homer begins the story with a frame story in which Zeus and Athena are discussing the story of Agamemnon. This story foreshadows what will happen to Odysseus if he returns home blindly. The second literary device used is Odysseus’ character, which is important to the story because it adds to the suspense of Odysseus’ leadership abilities. The reader does not know if Odysseus is going to lead his crew into something dangerous and what will happen because of his choices. Then he has to decide how to get him