Troilus wasn’t the person to be open and honest about his love for a woman. He was the kind of

In the poem "Calypso" by Suzanne Vega, the reader understands that Calypso really did care for Odysseus an is sad when she has to let him go. In the poem Vega states,"It's a lonely time ahead/I do not ask him to return/I let him go"( Vega lines 38-40). Many years ago there was a war between the gods and the titans. Unfortunately, Calypso chose the wrong side to oblige. Therefore, when the gods won the war, they punished Calypso by placing her on an island for eternity and sending her heroes to fall in love with. In addition, after awhile she had to let them go eventually. Odysseus got sent to her island and, as predicted, the "regular routine'' of her falling for heroes and releasing them started once again. In conclusion, when Odysseus leaves her island for good she is left heartbroken, but in the end acknowledges that she has to let them

In the book circe turns all their men into pigs and then made odysseus sleep with her so that way she would turn them back. Circe said “Come sheathe your sword, let’s go to bed together, mount my bed and mix in the magic work of love we’ll breed deep trust between us.” (10.371-373). This shows that odysseus was not loyal to penelopy again. In this quote it shows that odysseus will sleep with pretty much any girl that throws herself in front of him. Odysseus has done this when he was back in ithaca because every girl that he sees he automatically wants to sleep with her. Odysseus has never been loyal to penelopy even before the war in troy. Odysseus also admitted to sleeping with her in to book,“You lure me to your room to mount your bed, so once I lie there naked you’ll unman me, strip away my courage!” (10.380-382). This quote is crucial to understanding that odysseus is not devoted to penelope considering he is talking about be naked in her bed. If odysseus was truly attached to this woman he did not need to go around sleeping with woman. Penelope did not sleep with anyone when he was away but he felt the need that he really needed to. Odysseus thinks that he is superior to other people and that he is like a god figure but that is not the case. If odysseus was such a extravagant person than he would have been a god and not a mortal. Every person in this book thinks he is

From the description of a ‘lady goddess’ we can immediately see how she is thought of highly by Odyssey.  However despite this high opinion of Penelope, before he left, Odysseus and Calypso " . . . retired, this pair [He and Calypso], to the inner cave/to revel and rest softly, side by side."(Homer V:235-238)  This was not the only time Odysseus "retired", with another woman.  On the island of Circe "[he] entered Circe's flawless bed of love"(Homer X:390).  However this is not done through the power of love or any other emotional or sexual drive but in order to continue his journeys with success.

While mourning for her husband (which the reader can only assume is sincere) Penelope is also leading on these suitors in order to gain material objects. She promises that she will marry one of them once she finishes her sewing her wedding veil, but each night she destroys the previous night’s work so that the task will never be accomplished. Even if she is using this ruse to attain riches, the fact remains that she is still acting as a seductress. She is very much like a Siren, typical of those present in Book XI, always singing out to encourage men but not intending to fulfill any promise of love or sex. Penelope presents both sides of the two distinct divisions of women characters in the text. Although the Sirens and Circe represent the ultimate seductress, it is important to notice the way the story of Agamemnon and Clymenestra reappears in the text. This is a legend told about how the strong female character Clymenestra was, much like Penelope, dogged by suitors in her husband’s absence, the only difference being that Clymenestra gives over the temptation of one suitor in particular and she and this new lover plot to kill Agamemnon upon his glorious return. The description of Clymenestra almost seems to echo Penelope’s situation as Ulysses is told the story. “At first she would have

What Calypso essentially wanted was Odysseus to stay with her and for a while she was successful in holding him. While a man would have easily been able to do this without worrying about Hermes coming in and demanding him set the woman free, Calypso had to find another way to assert herself. In the end, her actions could not withhold the double standard.

In The Odyssey, Penelope and Odysseus have this strong, kind, and sweet love. They are separated for twenty years, but they both stay faithful to one another, even though Odysseus meets these two beautiful and enchantress goddess, and Penelope's suitors trying to marry her ( she never dreams of marrying one of them). When Odysseus comes back from fighting in Troy that lasted for ten years, Penelope-the perfect mate for the wily Odysseus-uses caution and test him. She takes Odysseus back because he knows something only those two know.

Calypso fell in love with Odysseus and wants to marry him. She was possessed by her ‘love’ for Odysseus. Although Odysseus did not

Greek society is highly stratified, one where the distinctions between Nobles, peasants, and slaves are explicit. While many people consider women oppressed in the ancient hierarchy, this notion is somewhat contradicted in the Odyssey, where many women act as powerful figures. Penelope separates herself from the suitors that plague her palace, who are relentless in their pursuit for her hand in marriage. Circe has the capability to seduce an entire unit of Odysseus’ men and turn them into pigs. Athena benevolently guides Telemachus over the many obstacles he faces on his quest to seek out his father. Helen defects from Sparta, rallying all of Troy for her cause. Clytemnestra deceitfully plans Agamemnon's death for her new love interest, Aegisthus. Women in the Odyssey show that through seduction, trickery, and wisdom, women of Ancient Greece are able to obtain significant power.

Odysseus’s weakest relationship is with Circe, the beautiful goddess of enchantment, the love in the relationship is based on respect and infatuation, this is shown before they meet and when Odysseus decides to leave back to Ithaka. Before they meet,

The power of nature had unleashed the ocean and winds against Odysseus, blowing him to an island that would test his body. Odysseus covets his return home, and the embrace of his wife, but he is incapable of achieving either. The intoxicating lotus-eater Circe trapped him for a year and the beautiful Calypso for seven years. During that time, Odysseus partakes in temptations of the flesh of which he has no will power to control. He is no match for the will of the supernatural entities of which caused him great suffering. Odysseus became a prisoner to Circe, poisoned by the false reality of the lotus flower. Odysseus's body was also weak in the face of Calypso. Despite the profound love of which Odysseus had for his wife Penelope, he was unable to resist Calypso's advances. Her beauty is as hypnotic as the poison of the lotus flower. Odysseus was no longer a prisoner of any substance, but he had now fallen on the clutches of Calypso's temptation. Calypso's beauty was divine, and her grasp was tight around Odysseus's lust. At times, individuals seek to end the suffering of a broken heart by plunging into the arms of another. Having no method of escape, Odysseus became a prisoner on Calypso's island, a prisoner whose sole purpose was to please Calypso. Odysseus succumbs to the sexual enslavement of Calypso. What to him felt like days of sexual slavery, in reality were many

Homer gives Odysseus series of conflicts even to the point of Odysseus returning home after 20 years. When Odysseus is given a chance to compete for Penelope, he does not hesitate in killing the ringleader of the suitors. As a result of Odysseus's determination, he tells them that will not “escape death”(1286). This act proves that he will not let anyone try to get with his women. This sense of courage and determination get him what he wants. In spite of Odysseus conquering this task he still has a more important one ahead. Penelope still has doubts and believe he could just be a trick from the gods. As a result, Telemachus tries to convince his mother that he is the real Odysseus and she does not need to question him. As a

Calypso lusts for Odysseus so much that she holds him captive for many years. Odysseus, however, does not feel this lust for her. At this point in the epic, he wants nothing more than to reach his home and his wife, whom he loves very much. Finally, the gods tell Calypso that is time to release Odysseus, and she obeys.

is important to Creon, Medea asks why he must send her away. Creon states “I am afraid of you”

The islands of Circe and Calypso in Homer’s Odyssey are places where Odysseus’ most challenging problems occur. In contrast to battles with men, Cyclops, or animals, sexual battles with women are sometimes much more difficult to win. These two female characters are especially enticing to Odysseus because they are goddesses. Though it is evident that Odysseus longs to return to Penelope in Ithaka, it sometimes appears that he has lost vision of what life was like with a wife, a son, and with thousands of people who regard him as King. Although his experiences on the islands of these goddesses were similar in that he was retained from Ithaka for the longest periods of his adventure, these goddesses and the

Creon, like all main characters in Greek drama, suffers many losses and undergoes emotional pain and anguish. A target of the curse on the House of Oedipus by relation, Creon was already a