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Homer's epic, The Odyssey, begins with the invocation, in which the poet asks the Muse for help in telling the story.

The story starts on mount Olympus, with an entreaty of Athena to Zeus, her father, asking him to aid Odysseus in escaping Calypso's island and gaining his long overdue homecoming.

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