Book 5 opens on Mount Olympus, where Athena asks her father, Zeus, to continue to get involved.
Zeus decides to send Hermes to help, and also tells Athena to keep helping out Telemachus.
Hermes goes down to Calypso's island and tells Calypso to set Odysseus free, also talking about the double standard applying to the gods.
This is the first time we meet Odysseus.
He's crying, anxious and homesick.
There there, buddy.
It's gonna be all right.
Things are gonna go your way.
This may be a surprise for some readers because we've heard so much about Odysseus being strong, valiant, and brave.
In fact, by showing him in this low state, full of anxiety and in an intimate, weaker moment.
