Hermes to tell Calypso to release Odysseus. In my opinion, Odysseus’ relationship with Calypso is a one-way street. Calypso adores Odysseus that she wants to marry him and make him immortal. However, Odysseus is still strongly in love with Penelope and yearns to go home.
During his stay with Calypso, he was depressed: “… weeping, his eyes never dry, his sweet life flowing away / with the tears he wept for his foiled journey home . . .” (5.168-69). At night, he would sleep with Calypso considering that he does not have a choice. At day, he would go to the beach to