Odysseus is looking forward to leaving Scheria, and the next day Alcinous prepares the ship that will take Odysseus back to Ithaca. The ship sets sail that evening, and Odysseus sleeps through the trip to Ithaca. The Phaeacian crew carries the still-sleeping Odysseus and his gifts ashore, and then they return home. Poseidon sees Odysseus back in Ithaca, and requests permission from Zeus to punish the Phaeacians for helping Odysseus. Zeus allows him to do so, and as the Phaeacian ship returns to port, it turns into stone and sinks. The Phaeacians watching the incident recognize it as the fulfillment of the prophecy and vow to do away with their custom of helping wayward travelers.
Meanwhile, Odysseus awakens to find himself in what he thinks is a foreign country because Athena has placed a.....
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