"On the tenth, at dead of night, the gods cast me up on Ogygia, Calypso's island, home of the dangerous nymph with glossy braids, and the goddess took me in in all her kindness, welcomed me warmly, cherished me, even vowed to make me immortal, ageless, all my days - but she never won the heart inside me, never" (Book 7, pg. 187, 291-297). ~Odysseus
"Ah great goddess... don't be angry with me, please. All that you say is true, how well I know. Look at my wise Penelope. She falls far short of you, your beauty, stature. She is mortal after all and you, you never age or die... Nevertheless I long - I pine, all my days - to travel home and see the dawn of my return" (Book 5, pg. 159. 237-242). ~Odysseus
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