homer\'s the odyssey books 5 & 6 PDF

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BOOK 5 ● Odysseus has been on the island Ogygia for 8 years ● Zeus sends Hermes to tell Calypso to release Odysseus ● Calypso complains about the double standard for gods & goddesses ● She offers Odysseus immortality w/ her, he refuses, she lets him go ● Calypso gives Odysseus a bronze axe to cut down trees for a raft ● They share a final meal ● Poseidon destroys Odysseus’ raft, forcing him to be rescued by Ino, who brings him to Scheria ● Calypso tries to beg Odysseus to stay, compares herself to his wife Penelope BOOK 6 ● Nausikaa (“burner of ships”) is visited by Athena in a dream, told to go wash clothes ● Odysseus is “cleaned up” by Athena (in disguise) ● Nausikaa and maidens bring him to the palace...