The Odyssey (1.11 - 1.21)
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ἔνθʼ ἄλλοι μὲν πάντες , ὅσοι φύγον αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον ,
οἴκοι ἔσαν , πόλεμόν τε πεφευγότες ἠδὲ θάλασσαν ·
τὸν δʼ οἶον νόστου κεχρημένον ἠδὲ γυναικὸς
νύμφη πότνιʼ ἔρυκε Καλυψὼ δῖα θεάων
ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι , λιλαιομένη πόσιν εἶναι .
ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ ἔτος ἦλθε περιπλομένων ἐνιαυτῶν ,
τῷ οἱ ἐπεκλώσαντο θεοὶ οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι
εἰς Ἰθάκην , οὐδʼ ἔνθα πεφυγμένος ἦεν ἀέθλων
καὶ μετὰ οἷσι φίλοισι . θεοὶ δʼ ἐλέαιρον ἅπαντες
νόσφι Ποσειδάωνος · ὁ δʼ ἀσπερχὲς μενέαινεν
ἀντιθέῳ Ὀδυσῆι πάρος ἣν γαῖαν ἱκέσθαι .
οἴκοι ἔσαν , πόλεμόν τε πεφευγότες ἠδὲ θάλασσαν ·
τὸν δʼ οἶον νόστου κεχρημένον ἠδὲ γυναικὸς
νύμφη πότνιʼ ἔρυκε Καλυψὼ δῖα θεάων
ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι , λιλαιομένη πόσιν εἶναι .
ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ ἔτος ἦλθε περιπλομένων ἐνιαυτῶν ,
τῷ οἱ ἐπεκλώσαντο θεοὶ οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι
εἰς Ἰθάκην , οὐδʼ ἔνθα πεφυγμένος ἦεν ἀέθλων
καὶ μετὰ οἷσι φίλοισι . θεοὶ δʼ ἐλέαιρον ἅπαντες
νόσφι Ποσειδάωνος · ὁ δʼ ἀσπερχὲς μενέαινεν
ἀντιθέῳ Ὀδυσῆι πάρος ἣν γαῖαν ἱκέσθαι .
So now all who escaped death in battle or by shipwreck had got safely home except Odysseus , and he , though he was longing for his return [ nostos ] to his wife and country , was detained by the goddess Calypso , who had got him into a large cave and wanted to marry him . But as years went by , there came a time when the gods settled that he should go back to Ithaca ; even then , however , when he was among his own people , his trials [ athloi ] were not yet over ; nevertheless all the gods had now begun to pity him except Poseidon , who still persecuted him without ceasing and would not let him get home .
By now , all the survivors , all who avoided headlong death were safe at home , escaped the wars and waves . But one man alone … his heart set on his wife and his return—Calypso , the bewitching nymph , the lustrous goddess , held him back , deep in her arching caverns , craving him for a husband .
But then , when the wheeling seasons brought the year around , that year spun out by the gods when he should reach his home , Ithaca—though not even there would he be free of trials , even among his loved ones—then every god took pity , all except Poseidon . He raged on , seething against the great Odysseus till he reached his native land .
But then , when the wheeling seasons brought the year around , that year spun out by the gods when he should reach his home , Ithaca—though not even there would he be free of trials , even among his loved ones—then every god took pity , all except Poseidon . He raged on , seething against the great Odysseus till he reached his native land .