The painting, The Dispute between Minerva and Neptune over the Naming of the City of Athens by René-Antoine Houasse, can relate to the book, The Odyssey by Homer, because when looking at the painting many predictions can be made about The Odyssey in relation to the painting. For instance, the most noticeable fact when looking at this painting is the possible conflict between the characters (a man vs man conflict). Almost all the characters are holding a type of a weapon, but what makes this conflict interesting is that no one is holding their weapons in a threatening way or in a way that makes it seem like they are going to attack each other. The painter may have done this to show that this conflict might not be at least start out as a physical