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The Odyssey

by Homer

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The Odyssey

Calypso and Circe are two beautiful women who entrap Odysseus's emotions for a while and distract him from his mission of getting home to Penelope. After Odysseus has lost all his men and shipwrecks,...

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The Odyssey

Nausicaa instructs Odysseus to follow her wagon into town but wait in her father's orchard to avoid rumors about them. She advises him to later approach the king's palace and seek out her mother,...

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