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ὣς ἄρα φωνήσασʼ ἡγήσατο δῖα θεάων
καρπαλίμως · ὁ δʼ ἔπειτα μετʼ ἴχνια βαῖνε θεοῖο .
ἷξον δὲ σπεῖος γλαφυρὸν θεὸς ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνήρ ,
καί ῥʼ ὁ μὲν ἔνθα καθέζετʼ ἐπὶ θρόνου ἔνθεν ἀνέστη
Ἑρμείας , νύμφη δʼ ἐτίθει πάρα πᾶσαν ἐδωδήν ,
ἔσθειν καὶ πίνειν , οἷα βροτοὶ ἄνδρες ἔδουσιν ·
αὐτὴ δʼ ἀντίον ἷζεν Ὀδυσσῆος θείοιο ,
τῇ δὲ παρʼ ἀμβροσίην δμῳαὶ καὶ νέκταρ ἔθηκαν .
οἱ δʼ ἐπʼ ὀνείαθʼ ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα χεῖρας ἴαλλον .
αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ τάρπησαν ἐδητύος ἠδὲ ποτῆτος ,
τοῖς ἄρα μύθων ἦρχε Καλυψώ , δῖα θεάων ·
διογενὲς Λαερτιάδη , πολυμήχανʼ Ὀδυσσεῦ ,
οὕτω δὴ οἶκόνδε φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν
αὐτίκα νῦν ἐθέλεις ἰέναι ; σὺ δὲ χαῖρε καὶ ἔμπης .
εἴ γε μὲν εἰδείης σῇσι φρεσὶν ὅσσα τοι αἶσα
κήδεʼ ἀναπλῆσαι , πρὶν πατρίδα γαῖαν ἱκέσθαι ,
ἐνθάδε κʼ αὖθι μένων σὺν ἐμοὶ τόδε δῶμα φυλάσσοις
ἀθάνατός τʼ εἴης , ἱμειρόμενός περ ἰδέσθαι
σὴν ἄλοχον , τῆς τʼ αἰὲν ἐέλδεαι ἤματα πάντα .
οὐ μέν θην κείνης γε χερείων εὔχομαι εἶναι ,
οὐ δέμας οὐδὲ φυήν , ἐπεὶ οὔ πως οὐδὲ ἔοικεν
θνητὰς ἀθανάτῃσι δέμας καὶ εἶδος ἐρίζειν .
τὴν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς ·
πότνα θεά , μή μοι τόδε χώεο · οἶδα καὶ αὐτὸς
πάντα μάλʼ , οὕνεκα σεῖο περίφρων Πηνελόπεια
εἶδος ἀκιδνοτέρη μέγεθός τʼ εἰσάντα ἰδέσθαι ·
ἡ μὲν γὰρ βροτός ἐστι , σὺ δʼ ἀθάνατος καὶ ἀγήρως .
ἀλλὰ καὶ ὣς ἐθέλω καὶ ἐέλδομαι ἤματα πάντα
οἴκαδέ τʼ ἐλθέμεναι καὶ νόστιμον ἦμαρ ἰδέσθαι .
εἰ δʼ αὖ τις ῥαίῃσι θεῶν ἐνὶ οἴνοπι πόντῳ ,
τλήσομαι ἐν στήθεσσιν ἔχων ταλαπενθέα θυμόν ·
ἤδη γὰρ μάλα πολλὰ πάθον καὶ πολλὰ μόγησα
κύμασι καὶ πολέμῳ · μετὰ καὶ τόδε τοῖσι γενέσθω .
ὣς ἔφατʼ , ἠέλιος δʼ ἄρʼ ἔδυ καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἦλθεν ·
ἐλθόντες δʼ ἄρα τώ γε μυχῷ σπείους γλαφυροῖο
τερπέσθην φιλότητι , παρʼ ἀλλήλοισι μένοντες .

And with those words , the goddess quickly turned
and led the way ; he followed in her footsteps .
They reached the cave together , man and goddess .
The chair that Hermes had been sitting on
was empty now ; Odysseus sat there .
The goddess gave him human food and drink .
She sat and faced godlike Odysseus
while slave girls brought her nectar and ambrosia .
They reached to take the good things set before them ,
and satisfied their hunger and their thirst .

The goddess-queen began . " Odysseus ,
son of Laertes , blessed by Zeus — your plans
are always changing . Do you really want
to go back to that home you love so much ?
Well then , good-bye ! But if you understood
how glutted you will be with suffering
before you reach your home , you would stay here
with me and be immortal — though you might
still wish to see that wife you always pine for .
And anyway , I know my body is
better than hers is . I am taller too .
Mortals can never rival the immortals
in beauty . "

So Odysseus , with tact ,
said " Do not be enraged at me , great goddess .
You are quite right . I know my modest wife
Penelope could never match your beauty .
She is a human ; you are deathless , ageless .
But even so , I want to go back home ,
and every day I hope that day will come .
If some god strikes me on the wine-dark sea ,
I will endure it . By now I am used
to suffering — I have gone through so much ,
at sea and in the war . Let this come too . "

The sun went down and brought the darkness on .
They went inside the hollow cave and took
the pleasure of their love , held close together .

When she had thus spoken she led the way rapidly
before him , and Odysseus followed in her steps ; so the pair , goddess and man , went on and on till they came
to Calypso ' s cave , where Odysseus took the seat that Hermes had just left . Calypso set meat and drink
before him of the food that mortals eat ; but her maids brought ambrosia and nectar for herself , and they laid
their hands on the good things that were before them . When they had satisfied themselves with meat and
drink , Calypso spoke , saying :

" Odysseus , noble son of Laertes , so you would start
home to your own land at once ? Good luck go with
you , but if you could only know how much suffering is
in store for you before you get back to your own
country , you would stay where you are , keep house
along with me , and let me make you immortal , no
matter how anxious you may be to see this wife of
yours , of whom you are thinking all the time , day after
day ; yet I flatter myself that I am no whit less tall
or well-looking than she is , for it is not to be expected that a mortal woman should compare in beauty with an immortal . "

" Goddess , " replied Odysseus , " do not be angry with me about this . I am quite aware that my wife Penelope is nothing like so tall or so beautiful as yourself . She is
only a woman , whereas you are an immortal .
Nevertheless , I want to get home , and can think of
nothing else . If some god wrecks me when I am on the sea , I will bear it and make the best of it . I have had
infinite trouble both by land and sea already , so let this
go with the rest . "

Presently the sun set and it became dark , whereon the
pair retired into the inner part of the cave and went to
bed .

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