Mema Interretialia

Take his last scene with Calypso. When she says it isn't right for a mortal like Penelope to be more beautiful, he agrees, but remember that he's talking to a goddess.

A goddess who has kept him on her island for years.

A goddess who has power over him.

And a goddess who is explicitly comparing herself to his wife.

What is he supposed to say? "Actually, my wife is prettier"?

Romantic, yes, but also stupid.

It's extremely dangerous for any poor sap to compare a god's beauty, so him agreeing doesn't mean he believes what she says, but rather him wanting to navigate out of a dangerous situation.

And look what he says afterward:

"Nevertheless I long—I pine, all my days— to travel home and see the dawn of my return." - Line 242-243

The whole point of this is for Penelope, and if it means telling his immortal former captor exactly what she wants to hear while keeping his real thoughts to himself for him to leave safely, he'd do it.

6/14: ante diem duodevicesimum Kalendas Iulias: Quinquatrus Minores

Latine:

Cum forma originalis sententiae Graecae:

Cum verbis in Latinum conversis:

6/11: ante diem tertium Idus Iunias: Matralia, Fortuna

6/8: ante diem sextum Idus Iunias: Festum Mentis et Intellectus