He said that he had seen Odysseus in an island in grievous distress, in the halls of the nymph Calypso, who keeps him there of necessity.
φῆ μιν ὅ γ' ἐν νήσῳ ἰδέειν κρατέρ' ἄλγε' ἔχοντα , νύμφης ἐν μεγάροισι Καλυψοῦς , ἥ μιν ἀνάγκῃ ἴσχει ·
φημί μιν ὁ γε ἐν νῆσος εἶδον κρατερός ἄλγος ἔχω , νύμφη ἐν μέγαρον Καλυψώ , ὅς μιν ἀνάγκη ἴσχω ·