The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy - Part 7

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What events lead up to Odysseus’s release from Calypso’s island?

Christopher Fitton 0:01
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Christopher Fitton 0:51
Hello everyone. And welcome to the next chapters of the Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy. Previously, the story reached one of its most moving moments, as the aging king Priam bravely entered the Greek camp to beg Achilles for the return of Hector's body. Faced with Priam's grief, Achilles was reminded of his own father and and the terrible losses caused by war. And for a time anger gave way to compassion. The story then returned to the final days of Troy and to the cunning of Odysseus. The Greeks devised the famous wooden horse. Hiding warriors inside. While the rest of the army appeared to sail away. And the Trojans brought the strange offering within their city walls. That night. The hidden Greeks
Christopher Fitton 1:56
emerged from the wooden horse. and open the gates to their returning army. And the long war finally came to an end. Metada yes. told Telemachus that he thought his father Odysseus was still alive. Telemachus then began his journey back towards Ithaca, where danger still awaited for him, and where the story of Odysseus was drawing ever closer to home. This is part two of the story. Focusing on Odysseus's Odyssey. Coming up. The story finally returns to Odysseus himself. Still stranded far from home on the beautiful island of Kylipso. At last the gods decide that his long captivity must end, but his journey across the sea proves anything but safe. After facing a terrifying storm. and being cast helplessly onto a strange shore.
Christopher Fitton 3:04
Odysseus encounters. The young Princess Narciya, whose kindness may offer him his first real hope of getting home. The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy. Part two How Odysseus? Left Calypso's Island. I'm going to the land. Other phonations. How he fared with a cyclops? went past the terrible Scylla and Chirubdus. And came to the island. Off her in a card. Ever mindful was Athena of Odysseus. Although she might Not help him openly. Because of a wrong he had done Poseidon. The god of the sea. for she spoke at the council of the gods. And she won from Zeus. A pledge that Odysseus would would now be permitted. To return to his own land. On that day. She went to Ithaca.

How do the gods decide to end Odysseus’s captivity and what warning do they give?

Christopher Fitton 4:14
and appearing to Telemachus. Moved him. As he had been told, the to go on a voyage in search of his father. And on that day too, Hermes, by the will of Zeus, went to Aegia, to the island Where the ancient one of the sea had shown Menelaus that Odysseus was held by the nymph Calypso. Beautiful indeed was the island. All round the cave where Calypso lived was a blossoming wood. Older poplar and cypress trees were there, and on their branches roosted long winged birds, falcons and owls, and chattering sea crows. Before the cave was a soft meadow in which thousands of violets bloomed. And with four fountains. But gush. Out of the ground I made clear streams through the grass. Across the cave grew a straggling vine, heavy with clusters of grapes.
Christopher Fitton 5:35
Kennypso was within the cave, and as Hermes came near, he heard her singing one of her magic songs. She was before a moon. weaving the threads with a golden shuttle And she knew Hermies. and was pleased to see him on her island. But as soon as he spoke of Odysseus, and how it was the will of Zeus That he should be permitted to leave the island, her song ceased. And the golden shuttle fell from her hand. Woe is me, she said, and woe to any immortal. Who loves a mortal? For the gods are always jealous of their love. I do not hold him here because I hate Odysseus, but because I love him greatly and would have him dwell with me here. More than this, Hermes, I would make him an immortal, so that he would know.

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