Book 5 - Calypso Flashcards
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How does book 5 start
All the gods except Poseidon gather again on Mount Olympus to discuss Odysseus’s fate
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What does Athena advocate for in her speech to the Gods
- for Zeus to intervene and save Odyssueus from Calypso
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What does Athene persuade Zeus to do in his intervention
- Agrees to send his son Hermes immediately to Ogygia to liberate Odysseus from Calypso
- Zeus advises Athena to help Telemachus return home unharmed, escaping the suitors’ ambush
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How does Calypso reply to Hermes saying Odysseus must be allowed to return to Ithaca
- In reply, Calypso delivers an impassioned indictment of the male gods and their double standards.
- She complains that they are allowed to take mortal lovers while the affairs of the female gods must always be frustrated
- In the end, she begrudgingly submits to the supreme will of Zeus
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How does Odysseus first appear
- weeping on a beach, in anguish, longing with immense nostos
- as unheroic as possible
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What does Odysseus turn down from Calypso as an offer to stay on Ogygia
- immortality
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How does Calypso help Odysseus leave
- Calypso helps him build a new boat and stocks it with provisions from her island
- But no escort
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At what point does Poseidon disrupt Odysseus’ journey home
- After eighteen days at sea, Odysseus spots Scheria, the island of the Phaeacians, his next destination appointed by the gods.
- Just then, Poseidon, returning from a trip to the land of the Ethiopians, spots him and realizes what the other gods have done in his absence
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What does Poseidon do in an attempt to kill Odysseus
- creates a horrific storm, that nearly drowns him
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How does Odysseus survive Poseidon’s storm
- The goddess Ino gives him a veil that keeps him safe after his ship is wrecked.
- Athena beats down waves and smooths jagged rocks so that Odysseus might safely make it to shore
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What island does Odysseus land on following Poseidon’s storm
The island of the Phaecians, Scheria
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What does Odysseus do upon arriving on the island of Scheria, home of the Phaecians
- He throws his protective veil back into the water as Ino had commanded him
- and walks inland to rest in the safe cover of a forest
