The Odyssey- Book 5

Thereon Minerva wishes that every following ruler will be cruel and unjust. She also fears her son Telemachuse's death on the island even though she sent him there because it would help him get home and punish the suitors. Hermes is then told to tell Odysseus to return home. Hermes tells Calypso that she must let him go and she gets angry with him because she only wants to be happy with Odysseus. But since Zues said it must be done, then it simply must be done. So Calypso tells Odysseus to build a raft and go and that she promises that he will have a safe journey home. Poseidon was angry that Odysseus was getting away so he creates a huge storm to stop him. But the marine goddess Ino came to his side and told him to put on an enchanted veil and swim to the Phaecian coast. When he got in the water, Athena helped him by binding the wind. After three days, he reaches the coast, but it is a cliff and has no way of getting on land. Waves begin to crash against him and he is saved by praying to the gods and is swept into the mouth of a river. He then gives back the scarf Ino had given him as protection. Oddysseus then gets on land and finds a good spot to lay down and sleep.