The trip from Calypso's island was anything but pleasant. The waves crashed all around us , and their seemed to be no imminent end.
I am found by Alcinous , king of the Phaeacians. I spend that night as a guest at court. The Greeks treat me with great repsect and courtesy. They request me to tell them of my journey from Calypso's island. I tell them of how I was stuck there , how I tried to be happy "but in my heart I never gave consent" to be with her. I tell them of my rescue by Hermes , and the horrifying waves we crashed into before being brought here.I tell tell them of how "the wind carried me west from Illion and brought me to the shore of Ismaros..." I decided to leave the story of the Cicones for last ...
--Odysseus
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