Book 5.55-225
Hermes delivers Zeus's command; Odysseus's refusal of immortality is a defining moment of human choice over divine ease.
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From The Odyssey by Homer
Odysseus is held captive by the nymph Calypso for seven years; she offers him immortality but he chooses mortal Penelope and home.
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