The protagonist is definatly Odysseus, coz the chorus is simply 2 references to arguably the worst troubles he and his crew encountered in the Odyssey, i.e. "danger on the rocks", Scylla and Charybdis, and remaining tied to the mast past the sirens. Also, verse 2 is Odysseus talking about his time captured with Calypso, with the last two lines probably a reference to the bag of winds granted to him by Aeolus, which his crew opened, subsequently leading to several more tormenting years out at sea. The first verse may be thoughts during his time with Calypso, or maybe his sight of Ithaca for the first time in 20 years. :):):)
The protagonist is definatly Odysseus, coz the chorus is simply 2 references to arguably the worst troubles he and his crew encountered in the Odyssey, i.e. "danger on the rocks", Scylla and Charybdis, and remaining tied to the mast past the sirens. Also, verse 2 is Odysseus talking about his time captured with Calypso, with the last two lines probably a reference to the bag of winds granted to him by Aeolus, which his crew opened, subsequently leading to several more tormenting years out at sea. The first verse may be thoughts during his time with Calypso, or maybe his sight of Ithaca for the first time in 20 years. :):):)