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What foreshadowing does Calypso give Odysseus?

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Calypso also foreshadows Odysseus’s troubles getting home when she tells him, “if you only knew, down deep, what pains are fated to fill your cup before you reach that shore, you’d stay right here.” Throughout, Odysseus is identified with the epithet, “man of pain,” or “born for pain,” suggesting he is fated to suffer greatly in his life. At one point he is described as “master of exploits, man of pain.” In fact, his appetite for exploits, and his unwillingness to heed the gods’ warnings, is exactly what causes him so much pain, and extends his journey home by so many years.

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