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Summary:  (Kendall)
It starts off when they are all in Mt. Olympus and they are talking about Odysseus and Telemachus. Zeus sends Hermes to tell Calypso to let Odysseus go so he can return with many riches. Hermes finds her there and also sees Odysseus crying on the shores of the island. Calypso takes him inside and she gives him food and drink. (He says he didn’t want to come.) He then tells her to let Odysseus go. She gets mad at him and at Zeus. She also claims to have not captured him but taken him in. She claims to have offered him immortality. But then she gives in and says that she wants him gone. When Hermes leaves, she goes out and talks to Odysseus. He doesn’t want to take a raft because he fears further tricks from her. She swears to not trick him again and give him her blessing. She gives him food and then tries once again to persuade him to stay with her. He says he is not afraid and will go out on the sea no matter what the danger is. The next day he starts making his raft. He cuts down 20 trees and makes a beautiful raft and a sail. That took four day and on the fifth he finally leaves. While he sails, he uses the stars to guide him home. He sails for seventeen days. But Poseidon saw him and raises a storm. Odysseus is worried that he didn’t die a hero’s death. He is separated from the raft but Ino comes and gives him advice. She tells him to leave the raft and swim. She gives him a veil but tells him to throw it back without looking the second he gets to shore. He ignores her and decides to stay with the raft until it is torn to pieces. But then Poseidon promptly destroys it. And then seeing what Odysseus is doing goes away. Athene decides to control the winds to help Odysseus swim to shore. It takes him three days to reach land. But he can’t get to it. Athene puts a few ideas into his head and he grabs a rock for a little and then after he is flung away again, he swims outside of the big waves and then finds a river. He prays to the god of the stream. He then casts away the veil and sets off for some trees to find shelter in and goes to sleep.

Major Themes: (Shelby)
pages 63-64: Justice page 65: Hospitality

page 66: homeric similie page 68- homeric hero, loyalty page 69: Hospitality page 72,some of 73 and 74: Loyalty

Locations Traveled: (Dana)
Mount Olympus Island of Calypso

Study Guide Questions:
What is happening at the beginning of this chapter? (Catherine)  Athena is arguing of how Odysseus should be let go. The giant slayer sent by Hermes delivers a message that Calypso needs to let Odysseus go.

What message does Hermes have to deliver to Calypso? ( Catherine ) The message was that Calypso needed to let Odysseus go.

What is Odysseus doing when Hermes arrives? ( Catherine ) He is crying.

What is the “aegis”? ( Catherine <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">) <span style="color: #f57e0f; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> It’s a shield/breastplate used by Zeus and Athena.

Why is Calypso upset? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Dani)
 * because she wants to be with Odysseus**

What does she instruct Odysseus to do? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Dani)
 * to leave and go and build a boat**

Why is Odysseus suspicious of her instructions? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Dani)
 * because he thinks that she will do something to him when he is out at sea and she will not leave until she promises that she won't do anything to him**

What does Odysseus do the next day? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Dani)
 * he builds the boat for like the next 4 days**

How many days does Odysseus sail before Poseidon finds him? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Ivey) 18 days

What does Poseidon do to Odysseus? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Ivey) He makes a storm that nearly drowns him

Who witnesses this? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Ivey) Ino

What does she do to help Odysseus? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Ivey) She gives him a veil to keep him safe

How does Athene help? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Emily) She calmed the winds down, and flattened the sea so Odysseus could swim more easily.

What happens when he gets to the shore? <span style="color: rgb(29,24,247);">(Emily) He finds a bad made of olive branches and Athene puts sleep in his eyes.