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Trust me when I say you have never read an Odysseus like this Odysseus. While he remains with Calypso, he misses Penelope, but he also doesn’t have to face the darkness growing inside him. He isn’t sure about himself about what he’s capable of, and it’s easier to lose himself and the magic of calypso. To lose himself in her arms. To lose himself in the ecstasy. Why you should read my version of Calypso and Odysseus? By the time Odysseus washes up on Calypso’s Island, he is all but destroyed by the gods. He has just lost all of his men, and is the sole survivor of everyone who left Ithaca years ago. His mind is fractured. He’s driven by his guilt. He doesn’t see himself as a prisoner of Calypso, but rather a willing participant in the relationship with her. Calypso doesn’t demand him to be a version of himself that he no longer recognizes. He can lose himself here with her. He’s not a man who is fighting for his freedom yet. He’s running. Running from Ithaca, from his grief, and from his guilt. And he’s running from the fear that Penelope could never accept him as he is now. This is an Odysseus that you have not read before. And this is a calypso who owns her agency in her choices. She does what she wants. And who doesn’t want that kind of freedom?