The Odyssey Conniving Calypso

I knew he was coming.I could feel it, he was almost here. He needed me to turn his sailors back to humans after I turned them to animals. He is finally here after twenty minutes of waiting. I must prepare myself for him, I put on my most extravagant outfit including jewelry as I walk I take the appearance of a beautiful young maiden. "Hello?" Odysseus calls, "go-go-go places women" I whisper pushing them into place , speed-walking to the doorway and draping myself against it sexily."Come all mighty Odysseus and join me," he follows me as I walk towards a table with many a food and my potionus drink. " I am Circe, you must be very hungry and thirsty after that long trek up here." I pause seeing his face flash an emotion I couldn't quite catch

Despite Calypso being a character who defies typical constraints, she is not always the model of a defiant woman. In spite of the fact that she is repeatedly used by Homer to show disobedience against the role that is expected of her, she still shows characteristics of a normal female character in an epic poem. When Hermes comes to visit her, she sets “a table with ambrosia” and “a bowl of rosy nectar” (Homer, p. 386). Setting the table for a man is a sign of respect and shows that she accepts her role of catering towards the opposite sex. This is a crucial moment as Calypso has continuously shown contempt for a woman’s conventional duties. When she is introduced, she is described as sitting in her home “singing in a lovely voice as she wove at her loom with a golden shuttle” (Homer, p. 386). The loom is a direct symbol of a tamed woman, reiterated by Penelope’s extensive use of it throughout the epic. When Homer describes Calypso on her loom, he refers to her as

In Greek Mythology, women were either very fierce or very weak. Women were usually defined by wits, beauty, or bad deeds. In The Odyssey women were not in the background. On the contrary, women were powerful. They charmed and controlled men, provided wisdom, and took care of them. The Odyssey appears to be strongly female based.

Odysseus is described as a god-like man. He is cunning, sly, suave, strong, confident and self-possessed. He accomplishes many great events like that of defeating the Trojans, slaying the suitors and travelling to and back from Hades. When on the beach in Phaeacia he confidently “stalked as a mountain lion exultant in his power strides through wind and rain and his eyes blaze and he charges sheep or oxen or chases wild deer” , and when he sees Nausicaa “He launched in at once, endearing, sly and suave” . Athena found him to be “so winning, so worldly wise, so self possessed!” . Neither does he lack in ingenuity, King Nestor said that “No one...could hope to rival Odysseus, not for sheer cunning–at every twist of strategy he excelled us all” . Odysseus has a large and gallant reputation to fulfil, but when he first makes an appearance in the book he is crying on Calypso’s island. Crying is often seen as a weakness in a man, but this makes Odysseus more endearing as it reveals the labour of his love.

Archetypes of the Odyssey Ancient Greece was full of mystery. They told of mystical, almost supernatural, heroes and monsters. One such story told of a warrior named Odysseus. A king who ruled over the kingdom of Ithaca, but sadly left for war, leaving his family. Fighting for almost a decade, Odysseus set off on a long journey towards home. Through thick and thin, and through all of the bloodshed and fighting, he finally has a happy ending at home. What will he lose as a result? Odysseus is in the category of a hero, one of the many archetypes modern readers use to identify main characters and all other concepts in literature. Therefore, all heroes experience the fright and thrill of adventure in most of their tales.

During Odysseus’ journey in ‘The Odyssey’, Odysseus runs into a couple problems. He leaves home ready to fight in the Trojan War. Although he had plans on coming home, he never made it home. His wife Penelope and his son Telemachus assumed that Odysseus was dead. It was not until Athena came to Telemachus and gave him everything he needed to make it to his dad. What Telemachus did not know was that Odysseus wanted to come home, but he could not because he was being held prisoner on an island named Ogygia. Odysseus wants nothing more to return home and see his lovely wife Penelope.

Through this story the reader is revealed to the true despair Odysseus feels towards getting home to Ithaca. Odysseus comes up with a brilliant plan to be able to hear the call of the sirens and live to tell the tale, which no man has done. He orders the men to tie him to the mast and not to untie him, under any circumstances. After he hears the call he explains the encounter,

Determined, she influentially announces to the gods, “But my heart breaks for Odysseus, that seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long…” (Homer 79). Stealthily, Athena carries out her plans to get Odysseus off of Calypso’s island while Poseidon, the antagonist, is not present. As a result, he cannot interfere with her arguments. This wise action emphasizes Athena’s loyalty and caring gesture toward Odysseus.

The victory of Odysseus and his son Telemakhos over the suitors is credited to Odysseus’s cleverness and cunning nature. Yet Odysseus would not have made it home, and Telemakhos wouldn’t have become confident, more mature, and better at speaking his mind if it wasn’t for the intervention of a higher power. The gods and goddess in The Odyssey, an epic poem by Homer, provided disguise, strength, and advice. Without their hand in the matter Odysseus would have not made it home and Telemakhos would not have matured or learned of his father and Greek customs. Odysseus faces many challenges that he wouldn’t have overcome if it wasn’t for the help of the gods.

Odysseus ends up in Phaeacia and forms relationships that he probably should not be forming while his wife is back at home waiting for him. After finally escaping from Calypso’s grasp and surviving Poseidon's rage, Odysseus washes up on the phaeacians land. Odysseus goes out to socialize with the girls walking around town, while naked and covered in filth and goes up to Nausicaa. He proceeds to tell her that she is the most beautiful person his eyes have ever landed on and that whenever he looks at her, a sense of wonder strikes him (6.148-177).

His desire to return is ruthlessly overruled by the mistress of the isle. Her elegance and exquisiteness are undoubtedly captivating. Yet she can be vigorous and formidable, imposing her will on Odysseus

Cicones were a Homeric Thracian tribe, whose stronghold in the time of the Odyssey was the town of Ismara, located at the foot of mount Ismara on the south coast of Thrace, in modern Greece. After they raided the Cicones they made there way over to the Land of the Lotus Eaters. The Lotus is a plant which affects your brain when consumed to make you want to stay on the island and eat it for the rest of your life. Some of Odysseus’s men were taken over by the lotus plant, but overcame it when the other crew members made them stop. One of the biggest problems Odysseus’s crew had to overcome was being turned into swine by Circe.

It is important to keep reading, “The Odyssey.” Even though it is 2800, years old, students still need to learn about it. It is important to continue studying “The Odyssey” because is it a moral story, the historical significance is important, and it is essential to study other culture’s mythology.

This past week went by too fast. He has completed building his raft and his cargo is right beside it abound on the journey. Odysseus is surveying the horizon, planning his sail. My heart began to ache once more. I could not believe my eyes. Anger and frustration began to take control of me. Why does he have to leave? Why so soon? Curse the gods in Olympus! They do not know what true love is. Suddenly, I saw a lightning bolt in the far east and heard a clap of thunder at a distance. What am I saying? My gods, I

As Telemachus tracks Odysseus' trail through stories from his old Comrades- in- arm, Athena arranges for the release of Odysseus from the Island of the beautiful goddess Calypso, whose prisoner and lover he has been for the last seven years. Odysseus sets sail on a makeshift raft, but the sea god Poseidon, whose wrath Odysseus incurred earlier in his adventure by blinding Poseidon's son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, conjures up a storm. With Athena's help Odysseus reaches the Phaeacians. Their princess, Nausicaa, who has a crush on the handsome warrior, opens the palace to the stranger. Odysseus withholds his identity for as long as he can until finally, at the Phaeacians' request, he tells the story of his adventures.