Calypso

his mistakes. In the Odyssey it is evident that the goddess Athena helps odysseus because she tells Hermes to deliver the message to tell Calypso let Odysseus go. She tells Hermes to tell Calypso that it is a message from Zeus. This helps Odysseus by giving him the chance to escape Calypso’s island. Athena also helped him because Calypso was keeping Odysseus…

just by taking her to bed, but on the other hand, that soon lead him into some trouble. Calypso held him hostage as her husband for seven long years. It is hard to tell if Calypso truly loved Odysseus or if she just loved the thought of him. She probably does not have many handsome men like Odysseus come her way often, so in her mind if she can keep him hostage she can try to keep him there with her forever. Calypso seemed very obsessive over the fact she had someone who could potentially be her…

Loyalty is a quality which is found mainly among the bravest and most passionate characters. In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, loyalty is crucial for the husband and wife separated by battle to amass their continuous, prolonged love. Odysseus and Penelope are put through countless trials that truly test their loyalty. Odysseus, having women transfixed upon him, struggles with desire, longing to be both intimate with a woman again and to return home. Penelope, however, faces a very…

“promiscuity immoral.” In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus faces adversity on his ten year journey home from the Trojan War. This included coming across women who had infamous reputations due to being open with their sexualities. Some of these women included Calypso, Circes, the sirens, and the maids in his own home. The author, Homer, wrote the Odyssey as a cautionary tale for women to save their reputations and be pure. Odysseus encounters Circes on his journey home, which highlights the double…

the sorceress to turn his men back to being human, and to tell him where he could find Tereseias, the dead seer who can tell him how he can go back to Ithaca. Odysseus did the samewhen he was brought to Ogygia, the magical island of Calypso. Just like Circe, Calypso possessed powers, she being a daughter of the Titan Atlas. But these powers didn't work on Odysseus.…

Females of the ancient Greek times are portrayed in a way like no other. Usually, women are referred to in one’s power, or are submissive to others. Though throughout the Greek society, women are mostly described through their beauty and actions. In Greek mythology, women are characterized as either immortal goddesses or mortal human beings. By being a goddess, it shows that women have a more prominent status in the Greek world than a mortal human being. Though by being a mortal, women also show…

what is significant in life. Odysseus has everything he could desire with Calypso: everlasting youth, wealth, luxury, and sex. Still he yearns for the trials of a mortal life back at home with his family. Here, Homer showcases an aspect of human nature; that humans will chose the more difficult path, especially when fighting for something that means a great deal to them such as family and a sense of home. As Calypso tells Odysseus that he is free to leave, she finds him with his “life…

begin with, the weakness of will power and strength of Calypso and Circe allow for the men 's strength to shine through. Calypso’s lack of authority is prevalent when…

Women in the Odyssey are controlled and judged unfairly, but have some power and will use what little power they have intellectually. Take for example Odysseus’s wife, Penelope. As a woman of ancient Greece, she was under the control of the men in her life, however she would use her cunning and wit to her own advantage. Penelope tricks the suitors, the men hoping for her hand in marriage, by saying she will only marry after she has completed weaving a shroud, yet she unweaves the work every…

modern society, this is not something that is expected of any woman, this only further proves her brilliance as a woman and as a character in this book. There are several women other than Penelope that are central to the story for example Circe, Calypso and Nausicaa. The female characters serve more than one function in the book. First, they are obstacles or potential obstacles in Odysseus journey home and secondly they are somewhat mirrored aspects of Penelope. Odysseus spends seven years on…