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What does Calypso offer Odysseus in return for staying on her island?
Calypso offers to make Odysseus immortal and forever young if he will stay with her on her island. Odysseus respectfully refuses her offer.
What does calypso offer to Odysseus in exchange that he stays?
Calypso offers immortality to Odysseus
How does Odysseus find out he is free of calypso?
Hermes, the messenger god, tells Calypso that Zeus has ordered her to offer Odysseus his freedom. If she does not do this then her whole island will sink to the bottom of Poseidon's oean.
What does calypso offer Odysseus if he only stays with her?
Money
In book 5 of the Odyssey what does calypso offer Odysseus in order to keep him in her island?
In book 5 of the Odyssey, Calypso offers Odysseus immortality and eternal youth if he agrees to stay with her on her island forever. She promises him a life of luxury and pleasure if he chooses to remain with her as her immortal consort.
Why didn't Odysseus accept Calypso's offer of making Odysseus Immortal?
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Why does Odysseus reject Calypso's offer to stay with her?
Odysseus rejects Calypso's offer because he is homesick and wishes to see his wife Penelope, his child, whom he has never seen, his parents, and his home once again.
Why does Odysseus refuse Calypso's offer of immorality?
because he is longing for his return home to his wife and son
Who did calypso predict would kill Odysseus?
Calypso does not offer predictions for Odysseus, instead forcing him to remain with her as her lover even though he wanted to return home to his wife. He receives a prediction from Tiresias who advises him troubles are to come and he will lose all of his companions.
What does calypso not understand about Odysseus desire to go home?
Being a goddess (albeit minor) and so blessed with eternal life/youth she cannot understand why Odysseus would give up the offer of eternal youth and living with calypso in paradise in order to go back to a wife who may have forgotten him.
Can you describe calypso's island?
There are no details in the Odyssey that describe Calypso's physical appearance, but one might guess she was either very attractive, or could make herself appear very attractive. Her successful seduction of Odysseus, which made him forget all about his wife, stay there for years, and father their two children indicates she had more than just a sweet singing voice to offer.
How does Odysseus respond when Eurymachus offers to repay Odysseus for what the suitors have taken from his house?
Odysseus refuses the offer and he kills all of them.
