The Odyssey · Book 5

Calypso and the Raft

Calypso releases Odysseus after seven years, and he sets out alone on a handmade raft. Poseidon shatters it in a storm, leaving him to swim for two days before reaching an unknown shore.

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Among the gods, Athena spoke again of their forgotten hero far away.

Homer, Odyssey, Book 5, lines 1-20 (scene reference)

Zeus sent Hermes to carry an order to the nymph.

Homer, Odyssey, Book 5, lines 28-42 (scene reference)

Hermes put on his golden sandals and crossed the wide ocean.

Homer, Odyssey, Book 5, lines 43-54 (scene reference)

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