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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.
- The Odyssey Quotes by Homer - 694 Quotes with Analysis - AllGreatQuotes
In this passage Athena, who has a special relationship with...
- The Odyssey Quotes by Homer - 694 Quotes with Analysis - AllGreatQuotes
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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Quote 1 (Kalypso:) 'Earth be my witness in this, and the wide heaven above us, and the dripping water of the Styx, which oath is the biggest and most formidable oat among the blessed immortals, that this is no other painful trial I am planning against you […]' (5.184-187)
In this passage Athena, who has a special relationship with Odysseus, pleads with Zeus to allow the "cursed by fate" hero home. She says that he is being held captive on an island by the goddess Calypso, who is trying to wipe out all thoughts of his homeland.
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