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The Διὸς δ’ ἐτελείετο βουλή does not always go as planned or so it seems to me. Zeus destroyed the Odysseus's ships leaving Odysseus alive as punishment. Having Odysseus wash up on the shores of Ogygia and to have Calypso be his jailer was part of Zeus's plan but having her fall in love with him was not.

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