The Great Myths: The Odyssey | Set Sails for Ithaca (Episode 8)

Episode 8: Odysseus has been living out peaceful days with Calypso for 7 years. But waves of nostalgia wash over him, and the memories of his wife, his son and his island never cease to torment him. Hermes, sent by Zeus, under pressure from Athena, comes to ask Calypso to let the king of Ithaca leave.

But Poseidon, still obsessed with revenge, destroys his boat and Odysseus finds himself alone on the shore of an unknown island, once again. Meanwhile, Telemachus, who left for Sparta to meet Menelaus, returns to Ithaca. He tells his mother that Odysseus is alive and leaves, getting out of the Suitors’ reach – as they are trying to set him up. Odysseus, for his part, meets the Princess Nausicaa who leads him to her parents. At a banquet, he tells the story of his never-ending journey that moves the Phaeacians. They promise to take him to Ithaca. But at the end of the crossing, Odysseus does not recognize the island where they shipped him. Once again, he feels cursed by the gods.