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The many women that are included in Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey, all are presented with a certain appeal to them for which they come to attract Odysseus's eye. A group of the women that comes into contact with him are those helpful souls. Lets use Nausikaa as an example, she who encounters him when he arrives at her f ....
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.... a sea nymph, who's only hope is to make Odysseus her husband and in return offers him immortality. With her presence she manages to show us that despite a mans temptation Odysseus is able to remain faithful to Penelope. There is also Circe who is able to get all men except Odysseus. Because of this she makes him her lover but still helps him return home. Then there are the Sirens who live on a flowery island and tempt passing sailors. Odysseus passes by this place while steering his ship home, he is tempted to go the Sirens while they sing an intriguing song. Th ....
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