One reason that Calypso tries to make Odysseus feel guilty about wanting to leave is that she wants him to stay. She feels herself to be in love with him, and even though she's offered him immortality, he still prefers to leave and return home to be with his mortal wife, Penelope. The fact that Odysseus has continued to wish to return to his wife is somewhat insulting to an immortal goddess like Calypso, who is certainly very beautiful. Odysseus even tries not to insult her, claiming that he knows that his wife, compared to Calypso, is "poor to look upon." Further, Calypso talks about all of the difficulties that Odysseus will have to endure to get home, and she says that if he only knew them all, he would surely choose to stay with Calypso in her home and become immortal.
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