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What does this message mean? On the Book VI, The Princess and Stranger!

"Only yesterday, the twentieth day, did I escape the wine-dark sea. Till then the waves and the rushing gales had swept me on from the island of Ogygia. Now some power has tossed me here, doubtless to suffer still more torment on your shores."

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This refers to Odysseus' survival of the storm sent down by Poseidon, and his arrival on the Phaeacian shore. With Athena's help, Poseidon survives.

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Book VI, The Princess and Stranger