 Seeing as no god could thwart or evade Zeus, Calypso was forced to let Odysseus go despite her own wishes to have him stay on the island forever.Athena also secures Odysseus' future through other characters, such as the Phaeacian Princess Nausicaa.In Book 6, she makes sure that Nausicaa meets Odysseus elsewhere on the island by coming to her in a dream and inciting her to go to the river to wash clothes.