Alone, after all his men died, Ulysses arrives at the island of Calypso. He will remain there for 7 years until Athena convinces Zeus to let him finish his journey and reach Ithaca.

In this fragment we see how Athena inspires the poet to write about Ulysses. These are the very first words of the Odyssey, the beginning of such masterpiece in which mention is made of the man whose adventures began in Troy.