Topic > Civilized and uncivilized in Homer's Odyssey

These barbarians dwell and live in caves. Calypso, the uncivilized nymph who trapped Odysseus on her island, made him lie with her in a “huge cave, where…he found his home,” does not support the elements of civilization. Cave dwellers, like Calypso, tend to live alone or far from civilization. Since they are alone, they do not need assembly tables to discuss the important issues of their people; they are lawless barbarians. These cavemen therefore have no value towards the Greeks