... he should build a raft with his own hands and set out and sail with no help from men nor God. When he reaches a certain city that are owned by the Gods they shall make him a boat give him riches (more then he could have gotten from Troy even with his cut of the spoils) Hermes rushes off flying over seas and lands at the speed of the wind and is heading toward the great cavern where the Nymph lives. He found her at her home singing songs with Calypso's beautiful voice, there was a huge fire in the middle of the cave letting off different scents. When he entered the cave he was surrounded by all different types of birds, on the mouth of the cavern was garden vines which sprouted grapes. The book then says that it was a view that even immortals would have to ...

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