Answer:
The extent she helps Odysseus or hinders him once the decision to let him go is forced upon her by Hermes is as follow:
- Odysseus has been on Calypso’s island for seven years because she does not give him the means to return home. She aids him by giving him supplies and materials to build a raft.
Step-by-step explanation:
- Odysseus can not go to his home and he has been on Calypso's island for the seven years. He can't go home because Calypso doesn't want him to go.
- Instead she is keep him as her husband and she doesn't provide the help and means to him to return his home.
- But when Zeus orders her to release the Odysseus through Hermes. Then, she helps him by providing the necessary things like supplies and materials to build a raft.