Odyssey
The tale begins on Mt. Olympus where Athena draws Zeus attention to
Odysseus whose journey has been halted on the island of Calypso. Zeus sends
Hermes to have Odysseus released and Athena goes to Ithaca. In Ithaca she
assumes a disguise and convinces Telemachus to go on a journey seeking
news of his father. Telemachus calls an assembly announcing that the suitors
who have besieged his house and have eaten his food for years are in the
wrong. He goes to see Nestor at Pylos and Nestor does not know anything
recent about his father. Nestor advises him to go to Sparta to see Menelaus.
When he gets to Sparta, Menelaus tells him that the last thing he heard
about Odysseus was that he was trapped on the island of Calypso. They feast
together and talk into the night.
Athena reminds Zeus to send Hermes to Calypso and he tells her that
Odysseus may leave but under strict conditions: he has to build his own raft.
Calypso isnt happy about the command and Odysseus has problems believing
her. Once he has built his raft, she gives him food and sends him off. He sails
for seventeen days and then his raft is destroyed
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