They each play a different role, helping Odysseus in one way or the other, corresponding with his needs at that point in the voyage. ... Calypso is one of Odysseus" lovers. ... She uses this power on Odysseus" men, turning them into swine. ... Only instead of fabric, Odysseus is the fiber and his voyage and passage is the fruit of their input. ... Odysseus would have nowhere to go....
The premise of the entire voyage that the story was based on was about violence. Odysseus left home to go to war in Troy. ... As Odysseus completed each leg of his voyage, he lost a few more members of his crew, and it seemed that tragedy lurked around every corner, or wave as the case may be. ... Poseidon's wrath makes the rest of this journey extremely tough on Odysseus, and time and time again Odysseus would find himself lost at sea, or trapped on another island. ... Odysseus could not do it himself, but the problems were solved. ...
She is not sure whether or not Odysseus is coming home. ... Nausicaa befriended Odysseus while he was there. ... Calypso is the goddess that takes Odysseus captive and "he has no way to voyage home to his own native land, no trim ships in reach, no crew to ply the oars and send him scudding over the sea's broad back"(Book 5:13). ... Finally, an example of a concubine would be Odysseus" housemaids. ... She taunted and made insolent comments to Odysseus. ...
The main characters are Odysseus, Penelope, Telemakhos, and Athena. Odysseus, Penelope, and Athena play a role in the development of the character of Telemakhos from a boy into manhood. ... After gathering some of the towns" people, they get ready to set off on the voyage encouraged by Athena to help to protect him from the suitors till he could get enough courage to overtake the suitors. ... At the point when Odysseus says, "I am the father whom your boyhood lacked and suffered pain for lack of. ... One by one both Odysseus and Telemakhos work together to get rid of all of them. ...
