The Calvess In Odysseus Of Homer's Odyssey

But now, as the calves in the stalls when the cows come home, drove home of them herded back from field to farmyard, once they've grazed out their fill- as all their young calves come frisking out to meet them, bucking out their pens, lowing nonstop, jostling, rushing round their mothers so my shipmates there at the sight of my return came pressing round me now, streaming tears, so deeply moved in their hearts they felt as if they'd make it back to their own land, their city. ( book 10 lines 452-460 )

Odysseus and his sailors that were charmed by the goddess Circe are coming back to the ship and the other half of the sailors were on Circe’s island shore. They have been …show more content…
This detailed simile descriptively compares Odysseus’ crew of sailors on their boat to “ calves in stalls”. It shows how dependent and vulnerable they are for love from there captain Odysseus and the remaining crew. Odysseus and the rest of crew which are symbolized as “cows” shows that they think that they would return or save them like a cow and its calve. The sailors represent calves because of their dependence and longing for their mother. The epic simile is about the sailor crew having a strong desire to be with Odysseus and away from Circe and the spell she castes on the men. Odysseus’s men were “ herded” by Circe to the “field to farm land”. The “ field” that represents Circe's palace and the “ farmland” is Odysseus’ ship that they are running back to. “ grazing out there fill” means when they returned back to human form