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B OO I< f i v e odysseus nyniph and ship-wreck as dawn rose up from bed by her lordly mate tithonus, bringing light to immortal gods and mortal men, the gods sat down in council, circling zeus the thunder king whose power rules the world . athena began, recalling odysseus to their thoughts, the goddess deeply moved by the man's long ordeal, held captive still in the nymph calypso's house : "father zeus-you other happy gods who never die never let any sceptered king be kind and gentle now, not with all his heart, or set his mind on j ustice- no, let him be cruel and always practice outrage . think: not one of the people whom he ruled remembers odysseus now, that godlike man, and kindly as a father to his children. 1 52 1 0 f 1 3-43] b o o k 5 : o d y s s e u s - n y m p h a n d s h i p w r e c k now he's left to pine on an island, racked with grief in the nymph calypso's house-she holds him there by force . 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. and now his dear son . . . they plot to kill the boy on his way back home. yes, he has sailed off for news of his father, to holy pylos first, then out to the sunny hills of lacedaemon . " "my child, " zeus who marshals the thunderheads replied, "what nonsense you let slip through your teeth . come now, wasn't the plan your own? you conceived it yourself: odysseus shall return and pay the traitors back. telemachus? sail him home with all your skill the power is yours, no doubt- home to his native country all unharn1ed while the suitors limp to port, defeated, baffled men . " with those words, zeus turned to his own son hermes. "you are our messenger, hermes, sent on all our missions. announce to the nymph with lovely braids our fixed decree : odysseus journeys home-the exile must return . but not in the convoy of the gods or mortal men. no, on a lashed, makeshift raft and wrung with pains, on the twentieth day he will make his landfall, fertile scheria, the land of phaeacians, close kin to the gods themselves, who with all their hearts will prize him like a god and send him off in a ship to his own beloved land, giving him bronze and hoards of gold and robes- more plunder than he could ever have won from troy if odysseus had returned intact with his fair share . so his destiny ordains . he shall see his loved ones, reach his high-roofed house, his native land at last . " so zeus decreed and the giant -killing guide obeyed at once . 1 5 3 20 30 40 1 54 h o m e r : t h e o d y s s e y quickly under his feet he fastened the supple sandals, ever-glowing gold, that wing him over the waves and boundless earth with the rush of gusting winds . he seized the wand that enchants the eyes of men whenever hermes wants, or wakes us up from sleep . that wand in his grip, the powerful giant-killer, swooping down from pieria, down the high clear air, plunged to the sea and skimmed the waves like a tern that down the deadly gulfs of the barren salt swells glides and dives for fish, dipping its beating wings in bursts of spray- so hermes skimmed the crests on endless crests . but once he gained that island worlds apart, up from the deep-blue sea he climbed to dry land and strode on till he reached the spacious cave where the nymph with lovely braids had made her home, and he found her there inside . . . a great fire blazed on the hearth and the smell of cedar cleanly split and sweetwood burning bright wafted a cloud of fragrance down the island. deep inside she sang, the goddess calypso, lifting her breathtaking voice as she glided back and forth before her loom, her golden shuttle weaving. thick, luxuriant woods grew round the cave, alders and black poplars, pungent cypress too, and there birds roosted, folding their long wings, owls and hawks and the spread-beaked ravens of the sea, black skimmers who make their living off the waves . and round the mouth of the cavern trailed a vine laden with clusters, bursting with ripe grapes. four springs in a row, bubbling clear and cold, running side-by-side, took channels left and right . soft meadows spreading round were starred with violets, lush with beds of parsley . why, even a deathless god who came upon that place would gaze in wonder, heart entranced with pleasure . hermes the guide, the mighty giant-killer, stood there, spellbound . . . /44-75] 50 60 70 80 /76-1 08/ b o o k s : o d y s s e u s - n y m p h a n d s h i p w r e c k but once he'd had his fill of marveling at it all he briskly entered the deep vaulted cavern . calypso, lustrous goddess, knew him at once, as soon as she saw his features face-to-face . immortals are never strangers to each other, no matter how distant one may make her home. but as for great odysseus- hern1es cou ld not find him within the cave . off he sat on a headland, weeping there as always, wrenching his heart with sobs and groans and anguish, gazing out over the barren sea through blinding tears . but calypso, lustrous goddess, questioned hermes, seating him on a glistening, polished chair . "god of the golden wand, why have you come? a beloved, honored friend, but it's been so long, your visits much too rare . tell me what's on your mind . i 'm eager to do it, whatever i can do . . . whatever can be done . " and the goddess drew a table up beside him, heaped with ambrosia, mixed him deep-red nectar. hermes the guide and giant-killer ate and drank. once he had dined and fortified himself with food he launched right in, replying to her questions : "as one god to another, you ask me why i've come. i ' ll tell you the whole story, mince no words your wish is my command. it was zeus who made me come, no choice of mine . who would willingly roam across a salty waste so vast, so endless? think: no city of men in sight, and not a soul to offer the gods a sacrifice and burn the fattest victims . b ut there is no way, you know, for another god to thwart the will of storming zeus and make it come to nothing . zeus claims you keep beside you a most unlucky man, most harried of all who fought for priam's troy nine years, sacking the city in the tenth, and then set sail for hon1e . b ut voyaging back they outraged queen athena 1 5 5 90 1 00 1 1 0 1 20 1 5 6 h o m e r : t h e o d y s s e y who loosed the gales and pounding seas against then1 . there all the rest of his loyal shipmates died but the wind drove him on, the current bore him here . now zeu s commands you to send him off with all good speed: it is not his fate to die here, far from his own people . destiny still ordains that he shall see his loved ones, reach his high -roofed hou se, his native land at last . " b ut lustrous calypso shuddered at those words and burst into a fl ight of indignation . "hard-hearted you are, you gods ! you unrivaled lords of jealousy scandalized when goddesses sleep with mortals, openly, even when one has made the man her husband . so when dawn with her rose -red fingers took orion, you gods in your everlasting ease were horrified till chaste artemis throned in gold attacked him, out on delos, shot him to death with gentle shafts . and so when demeter the graceful one with lovely braids gave way to her passion and made love with iasion, bedding down in a furrow plowed three times- zeu s got wind of it soon enough, i 'd say, and blasted the man to death with flashing bolts . so now at last, you gods, you train your spite on me for keeping a mortal man beside me. the man i saved, riding astride his keel -board, all alone, when zeu s with one hurl of a white -hot bolt had crushed his racing warship down the wine-dark sea . there all the rest of his loyal shipmates died but the wind drove him on, the current bore him here . and i welcomed him warmly, cherished him, even vowed to make the man immortal, ageless, all his days . . . b ut since there is no way for another god to thwart the will of storming zeu s and make it come to nothing, let f="" i="" v="" e="" odysseus="" nyniph="" and="" ship-wreck="" as="" dawn="" rose="" up="" from="" bed="" by="" her="" lordly="" mate="" tithonus,="" bringing="" light="" to="" immortal="" gods="" and="" mortal="" men,="" the="" gods="" sat="" down="" in="" council,="" circling="" zeus="" the="" thunder="" king="" whose="" power="" rules="" the="" world="" .="" athena="" began,="" recalling="" odysseus="" to="" their="" thoughts,="" the="" goddess="" deeply="" moved="" by="" the="" man's="" long="" ordeal,="" held="" captive="" still="" in="" the="" nymph="" calypso's="" house="" :="" "father="" zeus-you="" other="" happy="" gods="" who="" never="" die="" never="" let="" any="" sceptered="" king="" be="" kind="" and="" gentle="" now,="" not="" with="" all="" his="" heart,="" or="" set="" his="" mind="" on="" j="" ustice-="" no,="" let="" him="" be="" cruel="" and="" always="" practice="" outrage="" .="" think:="" not="" one="" of="" the="" people="" whom="" he="" ruled="" remembers="" odysseus="" now,="" that="" godlike="" man,="" and="" kindly="" as="" a="" father="" to="" his="" children.="" 1="" 52="" 1="" 0="" f="" 1="" 3-43]="" b="" o="" o="" k="" 5="" :="" o="" d="" y="" s="" s="" e="" u="" s="" -="" n="" y="" m="" p="" h="" a="" n="" d="" s="" h="" i="" p="" w="" r="" e="" c="" k="" now="" he's="" left="" to="" pine="" on="" an="" island,="" racked="" with="" grief="" in="" the="" nymph="" calypso's="" house-she="" holds="" him="" there="" by="" force="" .="" 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.="" and="" now="" his="" dear="" son="" .="" .="" .="" they="" plot="" to="" kill="" the="" boy="" on="" his="" way="" back="" home.="" yes,="" he="" has="" sailed="" off="" for="" news="" of="" his="" father,="" to="" holy="" pylos="" first,="" then="" out="" to="" the="" sunny="" hills="" of="" lacedaemon="" .="" "="" "my="" child,="" "="" zeus="" who="" marshals="" the="" thunderheads="" replied,="" "what="" nonsense="" you="" let="" slip="" through="" your="" teeth="" .="" come="" now,="" wasn't="" the="" plan="" your="" own?="" you="" conceived="" it="" yourself:="" odysseus="" shall="" return="" and="" pay="" the="" traitors="" back.="" telemachus?="" sail="" him="" home="" with="" all="" your="" skill="" the="" power="" is="" yours,="" no="" doubt-="" home="" to="" his="" native="" country="" all="" unharn1ed="" while="" the="" suitors="" limp="" to="" port,="" defeated,="" baffled="" men="" .="" "="" with="" those="" words,="" zeus="" turned="" to="" his="" own="" son="" hermes.="" "you="" are="" our="" messenger,="" hermes,="" sent="" on="" all="" our="" missions.="" announce="" to="" the="" nymph="" with="" lovely="" braids="" our="" fixed="" decree="" :="" odysseus="" journeys="" home-the="" exile="" must="" return="" .="" but="" not="" in="" the="" convoy="" of="" the="" gods="" or="" mortal="" men.="" no,="" on="" a="" lashed,="" makeshift="" raft="" and="" wrung="" with="" pains,="" on="" the="" twentieth="" day="" he="" will="" make="" his="" landfall,="" fertile="" scheria,="" the="" land="" of="" phaeacians,="" close="" kin="" to="" the="" gods="" themselves,="" who="" with="" all="" their="" hearts="" will="" prize="" him="" like="" a="" god="" and="" send="" him="" off="" in="" a="" ship="" to="" his="" own="" beloved="" land,="" giving="" him="" bronze="" and="" hoards="" of="" gold="" and="" robes-="" more="" plunder="" than="" he="" could="" ever="" have="" won="" from="" troy="" if="" odysseus="" had="" returned="" intact="" with="" his="" fair="" share="" .="" so="" his="" destiny="" ordains="" .="" he="" shall="" see="" his="" loved="" ones,="" reach="" his="" high-roofed="" house,="" his="" native="" land="" at="" last="" .="" "="" so="" zeus="" decreed="" and="" the="" giant="" -killing="" guide="" obeyed="" at="" once="" .="" 1="" 5="" 3="" 20="" 30="" 40="" 1="" 54="" h="" o="" m="" e="" r="" :="" t="" h="" e="" o="" d="" y="" s="" s="" e="" y="" quickly="" under="" his="" feet="" he="" fastened="" the="" supple="" sandals,="" ever-glowing="" gold,="" that="" wing="" him="" over="" the="" waves="" and="" boundless="" earth="" with="" the="" rush="" of="" gusting="" winds="" .="" he="" seized="" the="" wand="" that="" enchants="" the="" eyes="" of="" men="" whenever="" hermes="" wants,="" or="" wakes="" us="" up="" from="" sleep="" .="" that="" wand="" in="" his="" grip,="" the="" powerful="" giant-killer,="" swooping="" down="" from="" pieria,="" down="" the="" high="" clear="" air,="" plunged="" to="" the="" sea="" and="" skimmed="" the="" waves="" like="" a="" tern="" that="" down="" the="" deadly="" gulfs="" of="" the="" barren="" salt="" swells="" glides="" and="" dives="" for="" fish,="" dipping="" its="" beating="" wings="" in="" bursts="" of="" spray-="" so="" hermes="" skimmed="" the="" crests="" on="" endless="" crests="" .="" but="" once="" he="" gained="" that="" island="" worlds="" apart,="" up="" from="" the="" deep-blue="" sea="" he="" climbed="" to="" dry="" land="" and="" strode="" on="" till="" he="" reached="" the="" spacious="" cave="" where="" the="" nymph="" with="" lovely="" braids="" had="" made="" her="" home,="" and="" he="" found="" her="" there="" inside="" .="" .="" .="" a="" great="" fire="" blazed="" on="" the="" hearth="" and="" the="" smell="" of="" cedar="" cleanly="" split="" and="" sweetwood="" burning="" bright="" wafted="" a="" cloud="" of="" fragrance="" down="" the="" island.="" deep="" inside="" she="" sang,="" the="" goddess="" calypso,="" lifting="" her="" breathtaking="" voice="" as="" she="" glided="" back="" and="" forth="" before="" her="" loom,="" her="" golden="" shuttle="" weaving.="" thick,="" luxuriant="" woods="" grew="" round="" the="" cave,="" alders="" and="" black="" poplars,="" pungent="" cypress="" too,="" and="" there="" birds="" roosted,="" folding="" their="" long="" wings,="" owls="" and="" hawks="" and="" the="" spread-beaked="" ravens="" of="" the="" sea,="" black="" skimmers="" who="" make="" their="" living="" off="" the="" waves="" .="" and="" round="" the="" mouth="" of="" the="" cavern="" trailed="" a="" vine="" laden="" with="" clusters,="" bursting="" with="" ripe="" grapes.="" four="" springs="" in="" a="" row,="" bubbling="" clear="" and="" cold,="" running="" side-by-side,="" took="" channels="" left="" and="" right="" .="" soft="" meadows="" spreading="" round="" were="" starred="" with="" violets,="" lush="" with="" beds="" of="" parsley="" .="" why,="" even="" a="" deathless="" god="" who="" came="" upon="" that="" place="" would="" gaze="" in="" wonder,="" heart="" entranced="" with="" pleasure="" .="" hermes="" the="" guide,="" the="" mighty="" giant-killer,="" stood="" there,="" spellbound="" .="" .="" .="" 44-75]="" 50="" 60="" 70="" 80="" 76-1="" 08/="" b="" o="" o="" k="" s="" :="" o="" d="" y="" s="" s="" e="" u="" s="" -="" n="" y="" m="" p="" h="" a="" n="" d="" s="" h="" i="" p="" w="" r="" e="" c="" k="" but="" once="" he'd="" had="" his="" fill="" of="" marveling="" at="" it="" all="" he="" briskly="" entered="" the="" deep="" vaulted="" cavern="" .="" calypso,="" lustrous="" goddess,="" knew="" him="" at="" once,="" as="" soon="" as="" she="" saw="" his="" features="" face-to-face="" .="" immortals="" are="" never="" strangers="" to="" each="" other,="" no="" matter="" how="" distant="" one="" may="" make="" her="" home.="" but="" as="" for="" great="" odysseus-="" hern1es="" cou="" ld="" not="" find="" him="" within="" the="" cave="" .="" off="" he="" sat="" on="" a="" headland,="" weeping="" there="" as="" always,="" wrenching="" his="" heart="" with="" sobs="" and="" groans="" and="" anguish,="" gazing="" out="" over="" the="" barren="" sea="" through="" blinding="" tears="" .="" but="" calypso,="" lustrous="" goddess,="" questioned="" hermes,="" seating="" him="" on="" a="" glistening,="" polished="" chair="" .="" "god="" of="" the="" golden="" wand,="" why="" have="" you="" come?="" a="" beloved,="" honored="" friend,="" but="" it's="" been="" so="" long,="" your="" visits="" much="" too="" rare="" .="" tell="" me="" what's="" on="" your="" mind="" .="" i="" 'm="" eager="" to="" do="" it,="" whatever="" i="" can="" do="" .="" .="" .="" whatever="" can="" be="" done="" .="" "="" and="" the="" goddess="" drew="" a="" table="" up="" beside="" him,="" heaped="" with="" ambrosia,="" mixed="" him="" deep-red="" nectar.="" hermes="" the="" guide="" and="" giant-killer="" ate="" and="" drank.="" once="" he="" had="" dined="" and="" fortified="" himself="" with="" food="" he="" launched="" right="" in,="" replying="" to="" her="" questions="" :="" "as="" one="" god="" to="" another,="" you="" ask="" me="" why="" i've="" come.="" i="" '="" ll="" tell="" you="" the="" whole="" story,="" mince="" no="" words="" your="" wish="" is="" my="" command.="" it="" was="" zeus="" who="" made="" me="" come,="" no="" choice="" of="" mine="" .="" who="" would="" willingly="" roam="" across="" a="" salty="" waste="" so="" vast,="" so="" endless?="" think:="" no="" city="" of="" men="" in="" sight,="" and="" not="" a="" soul="" to="" offer="" the="" gods="" a="" sacrifice="" and="" burn="" the="" fattest="" victims="" .="" b="" ut="" there="" is="" no="" way,="" you="" know,="" for="" another="" god="" to="" thwart="" the="" will="" of="" storming="" zeus="" and="" make="" it="" come="" to="" nothing="" .="" zeus="" claims="" you="" keep="" beside="" you="" a="" most="" unlucky="" man,="" most="" harried="" of="" all="" who="" fought="" for="" priam's="" troy="" nine="" years,="" sacking="" the="" city="" in="" the="" tenth,="" and="" then="" set="" sail="" for="" hon1e="" .="" b="" ut="" voyaging="" back="" they="" outraged="" queen="" athena="" 1="" 5="" 5="" 90="" 1="" 00="" 1="" 1="" 0="" 1="" 20="" 1="" 5="" 6="" h="" o="" m="" e="" r="" :="" t="" h="" e="" o="" d="" y="" s="" s="" e="" y="" who="" loosed="" the="" gales="" and="" pounding="" seas="" against="" then1="" .="" there="" all="" the="" rest="" of="" his="" loyal="" shipmates="" died="" but="" the="" wind="" drove="" him="" on,="" the="" current="" bore="" him="" here="" .="" now="" zeu="" s="" commands="" you="" to="" send="" him="" off="" with="" all="" good="" speed:="" it="" is="" not="" his="" fate="" to="" die="" here,="" far="" from="" his="" own="" people="" .="" destiny="" still="" ordains="" that="" he="" shall="" see="" his="" loved="" ones,="" reach="" his="" high="" -roofed="" hou="" se,="" his="" native="" land="" at="" last="" .="" "="" b="" ut="" lustrous="" calypso="" shuddered="" at="" those="" words="" and="" burst="" into="" a="" fl="" ight="" of="" indignation="" .="" "hard-hearted="" you="" are,="" you="" gods="" !="" you="" unrivaled="" lords="" of="" jealousy="" scandalized="" when="" goddesses="" sleep="" with="" mortals,="" openly,="" even="" when="" one="" has="" made="" the="" man="" her="" husband="" .="" so="" when="" dawn="" with="" her="" rose="" -red="" fingers="" took="" orion,="" you="" gods="" in="" your="" everlasting="" ease="" were="" horrified="" till="" chaste="" artemis="" throned="" in="" gold="" attacked="" him,="" out="" on="" delos,="" shot="" him="" to="" death="" with="" gentle="" shafts="" .="" and="" so="" when="" demeter="" the="" graceful="" one="" with="" lovely="" braids="" gave="" way="" to="" her="" passion="" and="" made="" love="" with="" iasion,="" bedding="" down="" in="" a="" furrow="" plowed="" three="" times-="" zeu="" s="" got="" wind="" of="" it="" soon="" enough,="" i="" 'd="" say,="" and="" blasted="" the="" man="" to="" death="" with="" flashing="" bolts="" .="" so="" now="" at="" last,="" you="" gods,="" you="" train="" your="" spite="" on="" me="" for="" keeping="" a="" mortal="" man="" beside="" me.="" the="" man="" i="" saved,="" riding="" astride="" his="" keel="" -board,="" all="" alone,="" when="" zeu="" s="" with="" one="" hurl="" of="" a="" white="" -hot="" bolt="" had="" crushed="" his="" racing="" warship="" down="" the="" wine-dark="" sea="" .="" there="" all="" the="" rest="" of="" his="" loyal="" shipmates="" died="" but="" the="" wind="" drove="" him="" on,="" the="" current="" bore="" him="" here="" .="" and="" i="" welcomed="" him="" warmly,="" cherished="" him,="" even="" vowed="" to="" make="" the="" man="" immortal,="" ageless,="" all="" his="" days="" .="" .="" .="" b="" ut="" since="" there="" is="" no="" way="" for="" another="" god="" to="" thwart="" the="" will="" of="" storming="" zeu="" s="" and="" make="" it="" come="" to="" nothing,=""> f i v e odysseus nyniph and ship-wreck as dawn rose up from bed by her lordly mate tithonus, bringing light to immortal gods and mortal men, the gods sat down in council, circling zeus the thunder king whose power rules the world . athena began, recalling odysseus to their thoughts, the goddess deeply moved by the man's long ordeal, held captive still in the nymph calypso's house : "father zeus-you other happy gods who never die never let any sceptered king be kind and gentle now, not with all his heart, or set his mind on j ustice- no, let him be cruel and always practice outrage . think: not one of the people whom he ruled remembers odysseus now, that godlike man, and kindly as a father to his children. 1 52 1 0 f 1 3-43] b o o k 5 : o d y s s e u s - n y m p h a n d s h i p w r e c k now he's left to pine on an island, racked with grief in the nymph calypso's house-she holds him there by force . 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. and now his dear son . . . they plot to kill the boy on his way back home. yes, he has sailed off for news of his father, to holy pylos first, then out to the sunny hills of lacedaemon . " "my child, " zeus who marshals the thunderheads replied, "what nonsense you let slip through your teeth . come now, wasn't the plan your own? you conceived it yourself: odysseus shall return and pay the traitors back. telemachus? sail him home with all your skill the power is yours, no doubt- home to his native country all unharn1ed while the suitors limp to port, defeated, baffled men . " with those words, zeus turned to his own son hermes. "you are our messenger, hermes, sent on all our missions. announce to the nymph with lovely braids our fixed decree : odysseus journeys home-the exile must return . but not in the convoy of the gods or mortal men. no, on a lashed, makeshift raft and wrung with pains, on the twentieth day he will make his landfall, fertile scheria, the land of phaeacians, close kin to the gods themselves, who with all their hearts will prize him like a god and send him off in a ship to his own beloved land, giving him bronze and hoards of gold and robes- more plunder than he could ever have won from troy if odysseus had returned intact with his fair share . so his destiny ordains . he shall see his loved ones, reach his high-roofed house, his native land at last . " so zeus decreed and the giant -killing guide obeyed at once . 1 5 3 20 30 40 1 54 h o m e r : t h e o d y s s e y quickly under his feet he fastened the supple sandals, ever-glowing gold, that wing him over the waves and boundless earth with the rush of gusting winds . he seized the wand that enchants the eyes of men whenever hermes wants, or wakes us up from sleep . that wand in his grip, the powerful giant-killer, swooping down from pieria, down the high clear air, plunged to the sea and skimmed the waves like a tern that down the deadly gulfs of the barren salt swells glides and dives for fish, dipping its beating wings in bursts of spray- so hermes skimmed the crests on endless crests . but once he gained that island worlds apart, up from the deep-blue sea he climbed to dry land and strode on till he reached the spacious cave where the nymph with lovely braids had made her home, and he found her there inside . . . a great fire blazed on the hearth and the smell of cedar cleanly split and sweetwood burning bright wafted a cloud of fragrance down the island. deep inside she sang, the goddess calypso, lifting her breathtaking voice as she glided back and forth before her loom, her golden shuttle weaving. thick, luxuriant woods grew round the cave, alders and black poplars, pungent cypress too, and there birds roosted, folding their long wings, owls and hawks and the spread-beaked ravens of the sea, black skimmers who make their living off the waves . and round the mouth of the cavern trailed a vine laden with clusters, bursting with ripe grapes. four springs in a row, bubbling clear and cold, running side-by-side, took channels left and right . soft meadows spreading round were starred with violets, lush with beds of parsley . why, even a deathless god who came upon that place would gaze in wonder, heart entranced with pleasure . hermes the guide, the mighty giant-killer, stood there, spellbound . . . /44-75] 50 60 70 80 /76-1 08/ b o o k s : o d y s s e u s - n y m p h a n d s h i p w r e c k but once he'd had his fill of marveling at it all he briskly entered the deep vaulted cavern . calypso, lustrous goddess, knew him at once, as soon as she saw his features face-to-face . immortals are never strangers to each other, no matter how distant one may make her home. but as for great odysseus- hern1es cou ld not find him within the cave . off he sat on a headland, weeping there as always, wrenching his heart with sobs and groans and anguish, gazing out over the barren sea through blinding tears . but calypso, lustrous goddess, questioned hermes, seating him on a glistening, polished chair . "god of the golden wand, why have you come? a beloved, honored friend, but it's been so long, your visits much too rare . tell me what's on your mind . i 'm eager to do it, whatever i can do . . . whatever can be done . " and the goddess drew a table up beside him, heaped with ambrosia, mixed him deep-red nectar. hermes the guide and giant-killer ate and drank. once he had dined and fortified himself with food he launched right in, replying to her questions : "as one god to another, you ask me why i've come. i ' ll tell you the whole story, mince no words your wish is my command. it was zeus who made me come, no choice of mine . who would willingly roam across a salty waste so vast, so endless? think: no city of men in sight, and not a soul to offer the gods a sacrifice and burn the fattest victims . b ut there is no way, you know, for another god to thwart the will of storming zeus and make it come to nothing . zeus claims you keep beside you a most unlucky man, most harried of all who fought for priam's troy nine years, sacking the city in the tenth, and then set sail for hon1e . b ut voyaging back they outraged queen athena 1 5 5 90 1 00 1 1 0 1 20 1 5 6 h o m e r : t h e o d y s s e y who loosed the gales and pounding seas against then1 . there all the rest of his loyal shipmates died but the wind drove him on, the current bore him here . now zeu s commands you to send him off with all good speed: it is not his fate to die here, far from his own people . destiny still ordains that he shall see his loved ones, reach his high -roofed hou se, his native land at last . " b ut lustrous calypso shuddered at those words and burst into a fl ight of indignation . "hard-hearted you are, you gods ! you unrivaled lords of jealousy scandalized when goddesses sleep with mortals, openly, even when one has made the man her husband . so when dawn with her rose -red fingers took orion, you gods in your everlasting ease were horrified till chaste artemis throned in gold attacked him, out on delos, shot him to death with gentle shafts . and so when demeter the graceful one with lovely braids gave way to her passion and made love with iasion, bedding down in a furrow plowed three times- zeu s got wind of it soon enough, i 'd say, and blasted the man to death with flashing bolts . so now at last, you gods, you train your spite on me for keeping a mortal man beside me. the man i saved, riding astride his keel -board, all alone, when zeu s with one hurl of a white -hot bolt had crushed his racing warship down the wine-dark sea . there all the rest of his loyal shipmates died but the wind drove him on, the current bore him here . and i welcomed him warmly, cherished him, even vowed to make the man immortal, ageless, all his days . . . b ut since there is no way for another god to thwart the will of storming zeu s and make it come to nothing, let>