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  • Essay / Civilized and uncivilized in Homer's Odyssey

    These barbarians inhabit and live in caves. Calypso, the uncivilized nymph who trapped Odysseus on her island, made him sleep with her in an “immense cave, where… she found her home,” does not respect the elements of civilization. Cave dwellers, like Calypso, tend to live alone or far from civilization. Since they are alone, they do not need dining rooms to hold assemblies to discuss important issues concerning their people; they are barbarians without faith or law. These cave dwellers therefore have no value towards the Greeks.