Kylie Greene

English

20 September, 14:41

The Odyssey

Summary of Book 5

Odysseus is alone and

1, captive of the immortal nymph

who is in love with him. She promises that he will

forever if he stays with her, but our hero just wants to return to

his home. The goddess

begs her father, Zeus,

to let Odysseus leave the island and sail home. Zeus agrees and sends the

messenger god,

go. The nymph gives the king an

to make a

, to tell the nymph that she must let Odysseus

, and he chops down 20

Odysseus sets sail, but

is still angry with him and

summons a massive storm. The waves break up his

and send

him overboard. Finally, he washes ashore, exhausted and nearly dead.