jan 1, 1181 BC - Odysseus Leaves Calypso

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After seven years, Calypso is ordered to release Odysseus by the messenger god Hermes. Odysseus builds a raft and is given clothing, food, and drink by Calypso. When Poseidon learns that Odysseus has escaped, he wrecks the raft but, Odysseus swims ashore on Scherie, the island of the Phaeacians. There he learns of the war engulfing the world, the destruction of Mycenae. He remains in their protection to regain his strength.

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