In the cave she set every kind of food before him such as mortal men eat, and took ambrosia herself. So you want to go home to your own dear land at once? Farewell.
If you knew how many pains await you before you reach it, you would stay here and keep this house and be immortal — for all your longing to see your wife. I claim I am not inferior to her in form or stature; it is not fitting for mortal women to compete with goddesses.”
Odysseus answered: he knew wise Penelope was less to look upon — she was mortal; Calypso immortal and ageless. Even so he wished every day to go home and see the day of return. If one of the gods wrecked him on the wine-dark sea, he would endure it. He had a heart that endured affliction; before this he had suffered much on waves and in war. Let this be added to those. The sun set; they went into the inmost cave and took their pleasure of love.