Read line 15 from the passage from The Odyssey: "Some demon calm'd the air and smooth'd the deep." What does the line describe?

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Charlotte David

16 July, 22:19

Read line 15 from the passage from The Odyssey: "Some demon calm'd the air and smooth'd the deep." What does the line describe?

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Mariana Cameron · Answer 1

The line describes the sudden calming of the seas. Before this line the ships were blown and tossed about to keep them from arriving in Ithaca. A demon is thought to be in control of the wind and seas because, for Odysseus, only a demon could be keeping him from his home. Also this "demon" has moved the ships to be tempted by the sirens.