ODYSSEUS, Hero determined to return to Ithaca, CALYPSO, Nymph who keeps Odysseus on Ogygia, HERMES, Divine messenger sent to deliver Zeus' command, ZEUS, King of the Olympians who decides Odysseus' fate, ATHENE, Goddess who consistently supports Odysseus, POSEIDON, God who creates the storm at sea, RAFT, Vessel Odysseus builds with Calypso's help, PENELOPE, Mortal wife Odysseus chooses over immortality, SCHERIA, Island kingdom of the Phaeacians, PHAEACIANS, People destined to return Odysseus home, LEUCOTHEA, Sea goddess who saves Odysseus with a magical veil, VEIL, Divine gift protecting Odysseus from drowning, NOSTOS, Greek concept meaning homecoming, METIS, Greek word for Odysseus' cunning intelligence, KLEOS, Greek concept meaning glory and lasting reputation, TIME, Greek concept of honour and social status, XENIA, Sacred law of hospitality between host and guest, FORMULA, Repeated phrase used in Homeric oral composition, TYPE SCENE, Recurring sequence of actions with variation, PARALLEL, Repeated scene that invites comparison with an earlier one, EPITHET, Fixed descriptive phrase such as rosy-fingered Dawn, ORAL TRADITION, Method by which Homeric poetry was composed and transmitted, AMBROSIA, Food eaten by the gods, STYX, River by which the gods swear their most binding oath, OGYGIA, Island where Odysseus is held captive

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