"Outrageous! Look how the gods have changed their minds
about Odysseus – while I was off with my Ethiopians.
Just look at him there, nearing Phaeacia’s shores
where he’s fated to escape his noose of pain
that’s held him until now."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 5, lines 317-319. An angry Poseidon hates Odysseus for blinding his son and wants to continue punishing him. He is outraged that the other gods have allowed the Greek hero leave Calypso’s island and escape his fate there. When it comes to the administration of divine justice, the gods are not always at one. A metaphor in this passage compares Odysseus’ entrapment on Calypso’s island to a noose tied around his neck.