Book 5 - Sweet Nymph and Open Sea

So the hell with all of you who were supposed to give me news about my son for a reward. Now I am sick and tired of raising the price for anything. Now I will tell my story. I was trapped atthe cave of the nymph Calypso. Hermes, messenger of the gods, was sent to Calypso’s island to tell her that I must at last be allowed to leave so I could return home. In reply, Calypso delivered a tantrum and contradicts herself often. First she says that since she found me, she got to claim me and that I was her prize, basically. Then, she claimed gods could have affairs with women, while goddess could no, their love was taken away and gods were jealous. Then she told him that she would do whatever Zeus asled her and that she would send me home. How much more can a person contradict themself? To see how I feel, there is a song by Natalie Imbruglia, called Contradictions. By now, I alone remain of the contingent that I led at Troy; my crew and the other boats in my force were all destroyed during my journeys. Calypso helped me build a new boat and stocks it with provisions from her island. With sadness, she watches as the object of her love sails away. Good Riddance!!! Ithacan suitors for my wife, here I come! After eighteen days at sea, I spotted Scheria, the island of the Phaeacians, my next destination appointed by the gods, or so I overheard. Just then, Poseidon, returning from a trip to the land of the Ethiopians, spotted me and realized what the other gods did in his absence. Poseidon stirred up a storm, which nearly dragged me under the sea, but the goddess Ino came to my rescue. She gave me a veil that kept me safe after my ship was wrecked. Athena too came to my rescue as I was tossed back and forth, now out to the deep sea, now against the jagged rocks of the coast. Finally, a river up the coast of the island answered my prayers and allowed me to swim into its waters. I threw my protective veil back into the water as Ino had commanded me to do and walked inland to rest in the safe cover of a forest. I feel its getting late now, because my New Trier helper, who so graciously has been typing to as I mandated, has been typing my journey. He needs to sleep, and therfore I shall wrap up today's portion. We shall continue again tomorrow. Be sure to read, when I shall talk about what happened after I started to walk inland. Adios amigos, whatever that means.