What does Odysseus learn from staying at Calypso's cliff?
2007-02-25 14:06:58 · 4 answers · asked by scotty6228 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
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Try this one: Calypso represents Homer's attempt to humanize his characters...to bring them into life-affirming focus with experiences that not only seem real to his audience, but relate to them in a way no traditional allegory can. Odysseus, like Homer's audience, learns that life is too precious to spend holed up in a cave with some tramp: life is about the good times, with family, with the ones we love.
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2007-02-25 16:02:51 · answer #1 · answered by godlessinaz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Calypso represents temptation of the flesh and soul numbing satiation. He learned he really missed his wife Penelope and his island kingdom.
2007-02-25 23:43:59 · answer #2 · answered by Wave 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years
2007-02-25 22:16:34 · answer #3 · answered by Laterm341 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
temptation
2007-02-25 23:08:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋