... Kalypso's constant comparisons of herself to Penelope as means to convince Odysseus to stay, he says, I long for home, long for the sight of home. if any god has marked me out again for shipwreck, my tough heart can undergo it. What hardship have I not long since endured at sea, in battle! ... does not have his perseverance interfered by his biggest flaw. In book X, Odysseus and his men arrive on Kirke's island. Low she sang in her beguiling voice, while on her loom she wove ambrosial fabric sheer and bright, by that craft known to the goddess of ... year grew fast" (Book X, 515). Howeve...

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