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The Odyssey, Book 5, lines 167-172. The goddess and nymph Calypso keeps Odysseus as a sex slave on her island of Ogygia for seven years. Here the narrator describes Odysseus’ typical day in captivity: weeping by day because he is prevented from returning home, and being an unwilling lover by night.
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The Odyssey, Book 1, lines 15-18. Odysseus is trapped on...
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Calypso forces Odysseus to sleep with her against his will. These lines encourage us to condemn the powerful goddess’s abuse of the powerless Odysseus. Later, however, as Odysseus tells his story to the Phaeacians, the poet reminds us that Odysseus, too, has captured and enslaved women.
"The Odyssey" by Homer is a timeless epic that weaves together themes of adventure, heroism, perseverance, and the relentless human spirit facing the unknown. At its heart, it is the tale of Odysseus, a cunning warrior and king, who struggles to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
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The Odyssey, Book 1, lines 15-18. Odysseus is trapped on Calypso’s island, where the nymph is keeping him and wants him for her husband. While Odysseus longs to return to his wife Penelope in Ithaca, the bewitching goddess Calypso holds him back. Calypso is portrayed in the epic poem as a maniulative seductress.
This quote is spoken by Zeus in The Odyssey, Book 1. Zeus is responding to Athena's complaint that Odysseus has been kept captive by Calypso. In his response, Zeus acknowledges the greatness of Odysseus, describing him as a kingly man who is the wisest mortal and has the favor of the gods.
Odysseus says these lines when Calypso tells him that he is fated to suffer if he leaves her island. Throughout the poem, Odysseus is willing to endure great hardship. These lines suggest that he sees his suffering as a “trial,” something he must endure in order to be worthy of his nostos, or homecoming. No finer, greater gift than that…
