chapter 5

In this chapter a meeting of the gods is held to decide Odysseus' fate. They send Hermes down to tell Calypso to set him free. So she helps fix his boat and gives him rations for his trip and he sets sail. After eighteen days Poseidon sees him and wrecks his boat. Odysseus then has to swim to the nearest island which takes him 3 days, once he reaches land he collapses and falls asleep, thanks to the goddesses Ino and Athena that help rescue him and bring him to land.