This song is outrageous, within the best way achievable. Athena pleads with Zeus to rescue Odysseus from the island. Zeus decides to help make this a game simply because, in case you keep in mind my previously Notice, Zeus is actually a dick.

Athena finds Odysseus on Ogygia, Calypso’s island. She dives into his memory to determine what he’s been performing due to the fact they parted strategies at the end of the Cyclops saga. And so we get a lovely rendition of each heartbreaking detail that’s took place to Odysseus in the final four sagas.

I don’t know very well what it is actually relating to this song, but it really’s just this kind of vibe. Athena questions Odysseus following he demonstrates signs of contemplating adopting Polites outlook on life, and we determine that Athena and Odysseus actually go way back again. It turns out, she experienced decided to grow to be Odysseus’ patron immediately after he managed to eliminate her boar. Presumably, Rivera-Herrans has a little bit twisted the mythology below to suit the musical.

"Only a Person:" Odysseus has no divine heritage or Future, staying just a humble king from Ithaca who was known as distant from house for war and finds himself contending towards monsters and literal gods.

This saga is definitely a pivotal moment while in the musical, and I am able to’t wait to determine how the rest of sagas Perform out (as though I don’t know the Tale lol).

The song ends back in genuine time with Athena threatening Odysseus to not disappoint her. She chose him as her hero, and it displays poorly on her if he doesn’t achieve his quest.

Odysseus and Polites resist the offer of feeding on the lotus bouquets, and instead check with the Eaters where they can discover other foods, and so are pointed from the way of some caves (far more on that afterwards).

even Zeus, none evoke this kind of visceral reaction of anxiety from Odysseus because the Lord of your Tides. For any people who Dwell their entire life with the flow on the ocean, This really is greater than easy to understand.

Athena factors out that if they don’t established him free then Ares won’t have the bloodshed and violence he would like from Odysseus. We’ve currently seen that Odysseus will do whichever it requires to really make it house to Penelope and (spoiler warn) there'll certainly be Considerably bloodshed when he will copyright.

not merely shoots their fleet music epic emotional into the Land of the Giants, but brings them right in The trail of Poseidon. This is also implied for being a results of their developing distrust toward their captain, who experienced just returned from the house of the Trickster God having a mysterious bag proclaimed to become treasure, following the death with the resident Morality Chain into the cyclops as shown through the ensemble's portion in Retain Your buddies Near.

It’s unclear just how much time has passed from every time they established sail, but it surely’s been very long plenty of to operate outside of materials. The seek for land is prosperous as Polites (played by Steven Dookie) points out fireplace in the space.

This really is designed evident from the change in pronouns in the ultimate chorus. The crew are already singing ‘WE are the man-made monsters/We're those who conquer’, but following Odysseus offers the order to chop the tails off the sirens (Sushi Saga anyone?

Driven to Suicide: Haunted by every little thing he is finished and with no approach to ever go household, Odysseus is over the literal fringe of a cliff come "Appreciate in Paradise." It's only Calypso unintentionally reminding him of Polites which includes him demand Athena instead.

Odysseus and his men arrive about the island to discover plenty of sheep to feed their complete crew (600 men, so like, that’s many sheep). Odysseus kills one of many sheep, idly wondering why the Lotus Eaters would move up on this kind of point…enter Polyphemus.