"I saw him once on an island, weeping live warm tears
in the nymph Calypso’s house – she holds him there by force.
He has no way to voyage home to his own native land,
no trim ships in reach, no crew to ply the oars
and send him scudding over the sea’s broad back."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 4, lines 626-630. Proteus tells Menelaus that Odysseus is being held captive on a remote island by the lustful goddess Calypso.