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The long road home
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO?To see the shoreline calling your name…
You have to win the war….With the help of the Gods
Give thanks to PoseidonOr face his wrath!
But Odysseus did not show respect for Poseidon, who had helped him…….
Poseidon told Odysseus he would roam the sea forever and never see Ithaca again.
Calypso
Island of CalypsoShe was the most beautiful god ever
And she loved Odysseus very much
Athena
Asked her father, Zeus, to break Calypso’s spell
Freeing Odysseus from Calypso’s Island
Zeus AgreedHe ordered Calypso set him free….
Calypso loved him…
Enough to let him go…..
Out to sea he went…..
After 7 years with Calypso, finally to his home in Ithaca…..
Back to his loving wife, Penelope
His son Telemachus prays for his return..
But Poseidon was still angry and  had other plans….
It would be many years before Odysseus retuned home
But he would find his way...Eventually

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