Who are the major women in this story and what do they all have in common?

        There are three major women in this story:  Nausicaa, Circe, and Calypso. 

All of these beautiful women fall in love with Odysseus and want him to stay with

them.  Nausicaa and Calypso even wanted to marry him!  Odysseus' ability to say

"no" to these three women shows his devotion to his wife, Penelope.  These three

women must have been great temptations to Odysseus, but he ended up using their

love to his advantage, since each of them ended up helping him along in his

journey.  Nausicaa introduced him as a possible suitor to her father, who gave

Odysseus a trip home, Circe gave Odysseus instructions concerning his trip, and

Calypso instructed him in the construction of a raft that set him on his way home.