Calypso the Sweet Nymph: A: Hermes; Hermes is a greek god, he has beautiful sandals on which allow him to swiftly travel across the land as he is the messenger god. He also has a wand that allows him to put people to sleep, or when he wills, awaken them. After Athena(Zeus’s favorite) had begged her father Zeus to free Odysseus from Calypso as he was becoming very depressed. Zeus had granted her wish and sent Hermes to free him. Hermes went to Calypso’s island, had given her Zeus’s message that was was to say goodbye to Odysseus forever, provided the gods wished it, and Odysseus wanted to see his family after 20 long years. Hermes has a relationship with most, if not all of the gods. He is the one who brings the god’s biddings, warnings, and any other messages they might need to tell anyone to their desired location. Calypso; …show more content…
Calypso is seen as a very beautiful goddess.
She is not looked at as evil, but she wishes that Odysseus would never leave. She uses her seductive charms, and even promises him immortality, if he stays. She seems very calm, even when Odysseus had wished to leave, she still wished him well even though she did not want him to go. Calypso has kept Odysseus as her prisoner for 7 years now, most which he was not entirely unwilling to be held captive. She warned Odysseus …show more content…
that if he could only see what adversity awaits him, he would for sure stay. Calypso provides Odysseus a raft, and promises to let him go without any harm. Lastly, right before Odysseus sets sail, she questions him if she can be less desirable than his wife, if she is less beautiful, or less interesting. In which Odysseus wisely answers her questions not trying to make her any more mad. Calypso does not seem to have much connections with people, as her home is on an island. She just really has Odysseus who wishes to leave her side, and her serving maids. She begs Odysseus to stay as she does not really have any other company with her. B: Odysseus has been traveling homeward for 10 years, 7 of which as Calypso’s not entirely unwilling captive. Athena then begged her father, Zeus, to send Hermes to Calypso’s island and order Odysseus release. Hermes tells Calypso that she must give Odysseus up, and she complies and provides a raft just because the gods wish it. They say goodbye, and Odysseus sets sail, but Poseidon is not going to let him have an easy quest back home on his domain. Poseidon creates a big storm destroying the raft, Odysseus only lives with the help of Athena and a sea nymph taking him to the island of Scheria. C: This story is the representing The Road Back, and the beginning of The Resurrection, in the Hero’s Journey. The Road Back, is where the hero is driven to complete the adventure, leaving the special world. Athena is what drove him to finally leave Calypso, begging Zeus to send Hermes and free Odysseus in the story saying, “The goddess Athena has supported and helped Odysseus on his long journey. Now she begs her father, Zeus, to help her favorite, and Zeus agrees. He sends the messenger god Hermes to Calypso’s island to order Odysseus released. Also., The Resurrection is when the hero is tested one last time on the threshold of home, when the story says, “But the sea god Poseidon is by no means ready to allow an easy passage over his watery domain. He raises a storm and destroys the raft. It is only with the help of Athena and a sea nymph that Odysseus arrives, broken and battered, on the island of Scheria. D: The lines “A man in a distant field, no hearth fires near, will hide a fresh brand in his bed of embers to keep a spark alive for the next day; so in the leaves Odysseus hid himself,” is a homeric simile.
It is comparing how a camper will hide a small burning stick under embers to keep warm, so it will start up again in the morning. With Odysseus hiding himself under these leaves to keep warm and live throughout the night and keep warm after Poseidon’s big storm. This is important because it teaches the audience that Odysseus how broken, bruised, and helpless he is. It also shows how powerful the gods can be, one quick storm has just dismantled
Odysseus. E: This passage relates to the code of hospitality. Odysseus first arrives at Calypso’s island, and is welcomed with open arms. The code of hospitality states that the host will care for any guest, and the guest had to maintain respect for their host, therefore having mutual respect for eachother. For 7 years Odysseus had stayed with Calypso being her guest. But when he finally had to leave, he was able to leave without any harm from Calypso as they did have equal respect for eachother, even if one may be slightly mad, or sad. So, noting that, Calypso and Odysseus were able to say farewell with no grudges held.
Once Odysseus has served enough time in a place against his will, he would be determined to leave that place. Odysseus’ journey towards home was now going to be able to be finished. For seven years Calypso held him prisoner on the island of Ogygia and he was determined to leave and see to the rest of his journey. Calypso agrees to let him go and she gives Odysseus some advice and guidance saying, "Only I will not aid [you] on [your] way, for I have no ships fitted with oars, nor crews to bear [you] over the broad oceanridges; but I will freely give [you] counsel and not hide how [you] may come unharmed to [your] own native land"(47). Calypso recognizes Odysseus’ greatness. Calypso says she will give some advice, but Odysseus will have to prove his greatness by making his own ship and understand how he will make it home.
Odysseus and Telemachus are favored by the gods particularly Athena, Athena respects Odysseus’ wily nature she even begged Zeus to release him from Calypso's island “If now it really pleases the blissful gods that wise Odysseus shall return-home at last.” (p.80 99-100). Then after that she herself went to Odysseus’ house to tell Telemachus that his father was still alive, “Yet I tell you great Odysseus is not dead. He’s alive, somewhere in this wide world.” (p.83-84 229-230). And
After the incident with the bag of winds it is reasonable for Odysseus to have trust issues, but when it is a matter of life and death, Odysseus is witless. After being punished by Zeus because some of his crew ate Helios’ cattle Odysseus drifts in the ocean until he lands on Calypso’s island. 7 years pass and Odysseus can finally leave after he crafts a ship, after he leaves and sails for a bit, Poseidon sees it as a time to get revenge for his son Polyphemus. Poseidon completely wrecks Odysseus’ ship when he is close to the land of the Phaeacians. A goddess named Ino sees this and offers Odysseus help.
Odysseus’ own guile, the gods’ obstacles, and their assistance for him are all factors that affected his fate during his journey. His guile to make difficult situations seem simple became very handy in escaping the dangerous times and allowed him to move further in his odyssey. The gods who dislike him sent storms or traps in their attempts to cease and stop Odysseus’ journey home. The gods who approve of Odysseus’ return home, for instance Athena, Hermes, and Circe, assisted him in many ways to ease his way home to his home in Ithaca and to fulfill his destiny.
The first wily female that Odysseus battles wits with is the goddess Kalypso. She is a very deceitful woman, indeed. Kalypso has somehow managed to hide from the gods for 7 years – an unnatural and disrespectable accomplishment. She has been having a secret affair with Odysseus, a mortal, who has been held captive on her island for the...
In his part of the story Odysseus is trying to get him and his men free of the cyclops so they can go home. The cyclops is Poseidon's son and Odysseus offended Poseidon when he harms the cyclops, which is very disrespectful. These are two huge examples that show why Odysseus is a bad
When Eurycleia is told by Penelope to wash the beggar, she notices a scar on his leg that is strikingly similar to the one her master had before he left for war. Immediately, she recognizes Odysseus but is sworn to secrecy as to not inform anyone of his arrival home. Obeying her beloved master, Eurycleia overcomes the instinct to run to Penelope and tell her that her husband is finally home. Not only does this event show how loyal Eurycleia is to Odysseus but “The incident also prepares for the importance of Eurycleia in the coming Homilia: she is more dangerous right now than the suitors” (Scodel 6-7). Illustrating the importance of Eurycleia in the final half of the epic, she is vital to Odysseus’s plan and has the power to easily ruin it with three words: Odysseus is home. If she says those three words to any other person in Ithaca, word will spread to everyone else like wildfire. Surely, then, the Suitors will be informed of Odysseus’s presence and instantly plan to murder him before he is able to regain his
When Odysseus arrives, she comments that she has not seen a man in over 100 years. She keeps him captive for 7 years in hopes that he will eventually marry her. She is egocentric and likes to think that letting Odysseus go was her idea. She releases him when Hermes gives her a message from Zeus. Although she is self centered with keeping Odysseus, she also promotes early advocacy for women sexual equality. It is seen unjust for a goddess to have sexual relations with a mortal man. She told Hermes, “‘Hard are you gods and envious beyond all to grudge that goddesses should mate with men and take without disguise mortals for lovers,’” (Homer
Ultimately, Athena has a great effect on all three of the main characters within The Odyssey. She is the one who finally sets in motion the return of the great warrior king Odysseus and helps him attain revenge on the suitors once he arrives in Ithaka. Athena helps to make Telemakhos brave and hopeful for his father to return home, giving him the courage and direction he lacked without his father for the first twenty years of his life. Even Penelope received help from the grey-eyed goddess in finding ways to protect herself from the advances of the suitors. Reading the classic epic poem The Odyssey, one can see how the great goddess Athena's relationship with Odysseus, Telemakhos as well as Penelope exemplifies how she impacted everyone she came across.
In Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey, gods play a very important role to the plot of the story. They are the one deciding if someone can survive or not according to the sacrifice that the person made for them. In the book 1, Athena said to Zeus her father, “Didn’t Odysseus please you with sacrifices beside the Greek ships at Troy?” (Homer 65, book1). In this part Athena was trying to plead with her father Zeus in favor of Odysseus because she wants to help him to go home, while others are trying to provoke his death. This love that Athena has for Odysseus and his family is revealed throughout Homer’s epic. Although Athena supported Odysseus throughout his voyage, other gods including Poseidon, Calypso, and Circe made it difficult for Odysseus to return home, such in our real life, some people will make your life hard, but you have a good faith as Odysseus, you should always find your way out. Our God is omnipr...
Religion was deeply intertwined with the culture of the ancient Greeks. In their stories, they prayed to the gods to satisfy their needs and offer assistance in their endeavors, and the gods would occasionally appear to select Greeks to give counsel, gifts, or other forms of aid. Alternatively, if the desires or endeavors of a mortal or mortals displeased one or more of the gods, they would also interfere with the fulfillment of their goals. In Homer’s Odyssey, the gods appear to or interfere with both Telemachus and Odysseus, either to help or hinder them in their journeys. Although the gods are responsible for the difficulty Odysseus faces returning from Troy, they are equally responsible for motivating and assisting Odysseus and Telemachus in their respective travels.
I said that after going through much hardship and losing all his men he should come home again in the twentieth year and that no one would know him; and now all this is coming true” (14). This shows how the gods did interfere and would tell the people on earth with symbols. The gods knew from the beginning the fate of Odysseus because they predestined it. The gods are those who gave Odysseus misfortune, and they are also the ones who fated him the way he did. Through these examples of hospitality, pride and fate, one can learn many important Greek principles.
They both feature a god who was a trickster. Both gods were malicious and smart. They use their power to turn the odds in their favor. Although they played malicious pranks, none of these gods was label as evil and was an amusement for the public eye. Loki, the Norse trickster god, on the other hand was very unpopular and his pranks did not amuse anyone. Although Anansi and Hermes shared many things, they also had their differences. Anansi was portray as a man and a spider while Hermes was always portray as a man. Unlike Anansi who did not have any special equipment, Hermes always carried magical sandals, which gave him incredible speed, and a special staff called a caduceus. Hermes had a job; he was the messenger of the gods and he escorted the dead to the
Odysseus starts in the ordinary world, his/her home, and then an even takes place in which the hero is being called, in Odysseus’ case he is called into the Trojan War. Odysseus then refused the call because he didn’t want to leave his family, knowing that it could take a long time for him to return home to them. Once Odysseus departed on his adventure, he goes through the next step which is having a supernatural aid or mentor to help him; in this case he receives help from the goddess of wisdom Athena. Knowing the gods would be angry and taking sides during the war, there was no question that there were gods that were going to make sure Odysseus died. Athena however, felt pity for him because she knew the kind of man he was; someone who wanted to be reunited with his loved ones. After the war, Odysseus began the next stage of his journey, crossing the Threshold into a different world. He enters the next stage called The Belly of the Whale after the freak storm conjured up by Poseidon, god of the sea, one of the many gods who were upset with Spartans. His god-like powers created powerful waves and increased winds that would send Odysseus and his crew further away from