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The Odyssey

The Odyssey. Book V. In Olympos. The gods are having a council Athena informs Zeus of the suitor’s plan to ambush Telemachos and that Odysseus is still stuck on Ogygia. Zeus takes action: Tells Athene to protect Telemachos Tells Hermes to go to Ogygia and talk to Calypso. Ogygia.

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The Odyssey

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  1. The Odyssey Book V

  2. In Olympos • The gods are having a council • Athena informs Zeus of the suitor’s plan to ambush Telemachos and that Odysseus is still stuck on Ogygia. • Zeus takes action: • Tells Athene to protect Telemachos • Tells Hermes to go to Ogygia and talk to Calypso

  3. Ogygia • Hermes flies over to Ogygia • He takes a moment to admire the surroundings: • Fragrant wood burning • A lot of trees: alder, poplar, cypress • All kinds of birds: owls, hawks, saltwater crows • Flowers everywhere, especially violets and wild parsely • Four springs diverting each other • Odysseus moping on the beach

  4. Hermes and CalypsoJohn Flaxman

  5. Welcome and Message • Calypso welcomes Hermes and prepares ambrosia and nectar for him to eat. • She is suspicious of why he came because he isn’t a regular visitor. • He tells her Zeus wants Odysseus off the island. • She gets angry: • Says it is unfair that goddesses can’t have mortals they love while the other male gods can: • Dawn and Orion – Orion was shot by Artemis • Demeter and Iasion – struck by Zeus’ thunderbolt • She was the one who saved him. • She has no ships or sailors to send him off with.

  6. What Zeus says goes. • Hermes advised her to let Odysseus go or suffer the wrath of Zeus. • She relents and approaches Odysseus: • Tells him to make a raft and that she will supply him with provisions for his trip • At first he doesn’t believe her until she swears by the River Styx.

  7. Calypso and Odysseus

  8. Final Goodbyes… • Calypso prepares a feast for Odysseus • She tries again to convince him to stay: • It’s worse out there than it is here. • I will make you immortal. • I’m better looking than your wife. • He isn’t moved and she gives up. • The next day, he starts to build his raft. It takes him four days. • He leaves on the fifth day.

  9. Odysseus’ Meal with the Nymph CalypsoJoos de Momper

  10. Poseidon spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E • Odysseus sails for 17 days, using the constellations to guide him. • On the 18th day, Poseidon spots him on the way back from Ethiopea: • He gets angry and creates a storm to destroy Odysseus. • Odysseus’ thoughts: • “Maybe I should have listened to Calypso.” • “Dying in Troy would have been better than dying like this.”

  11. Ino to the rescue! • Odysseus is tossed among the waves by the North, South, and East Winds. • Ino takes pity on him: • She tells him to take off his clothes and swim to the land of the Phaeacians. • She gives him an immortal veil for protection • Then a huge wave destroys his raft.

  12. Ino Saving Odysseus

  13. “Land Ho!” • Odysseus puts on the veil and Poseidon leaves him alone. • Athena creates a wind to push him to land. • He drifts for two days and nights. • The land is surrounded by rocks and wind. • Athena puts helpful thoughts into his mind. • The waves push him around until he reaches a river. • He begs it to stop the waves and let him in. • He takes off Ino’s veil and throws it back. • He “slips” out of the river and finds shelter under two bushes to rest.

  14. END!!

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