Temptation Of Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey

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I believe that Odysseus must overcome his temptation. His biggest temptation is when
Kalypso said, “I fed him, loved and that he should not die or grow old and all days as come.
When she said that, she thought that Odysseus going to be her husband forever because no one could leave her island. Odysseus was trapped by what Kalypso said, but all he could think of was going back home to his wife and child. Meanwhile, he has to live in grief upon that island in
Thralldom to the nymph. If he would stay there; he would lose his wife, family and

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