Brief Summary Of Odysseus Of Homer's The Odyssey

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Throughout many generations a book has been past down and read. This book contains the stories that people from ancient times and were past down through word of mouth. But thanks to the labor of many people before our times we can now enjoy these stories for years to come. The story begins with Odysseus who is a well aged man with shoulder length white withered hair and the body build of a person who had spent many years working on his physical appearance by the use of weights, his skin is also very sun worn but well toned from his body build. Odysseus has been contained on the island of Calypso where the demi goddess whose skin is mocha brown with dark raven hair has fallen in love with him and has taken it upon herself to keep him on her island, despite a unwilling and harried Odysseus, whose only wish is to get back to his home land and reveal himself as alive to his loved ones. …show more content…

Despite her resistance she finally sets her beloved go. But in her resistance she refuses to give Odysseus a way home and duress him to find his own way. Odysseus finds himself in a suspicious position, ken of her usual guil plots and deceptions. Evasive as she was she finally gave in and swear to him that she would not use magic or any tricks. Unfortunately Odysseus gave into Calypso's charm and spent one last night with her as a thanks for his newly granted freedom. Odysseus spent many days working on prepairing his vessel to escape the island of his past lover and she explained to him how to navigate the stars and other things that would help him on his journey back to his homeland of