Episode 7 Calypso

ODYSSEY: THE PODCAST by Jeff Wright

Jul 29, 20191:03:18Society & Culture

STORY 53:58 listening time The episode opens in year seven of Odysseus’ long, largely undocumented sojourn on Calypso’s island. Odysseus is longing for home, apparently unmoved by the promise of immortality with a goddes...

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