nostos

"So then,royal son of Laertes, Odysseus, man of exploits,still eager to leave at once and hurry backto your own home, your beloved native land?Good luck to you, even so. Farewell!But if you only knew, down deep, what painsare fated to fill your cup before you reach that shore,you’d stay right here, preside in our house with meand be immortal. Much as you long to see your wife,the one you pine for all your days" - book 5

- calypso making her plea for odysseus to stay , temps him with many things .shows how compelling his nostos is , he does not give in .