Athena tells Zeus about Odysseus' situation. Zeus orders Hermes to make Calypso help Odysseus to get away. (Why did you not read book 5, your home assignment?)
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Palaemon was a young sea-god who, with his mother Leukothea, came to the aid of sailors in distress. They were turned into gods, being originally the mortals Ino and Melikertes.
Odysseus was far better, but he also had the aid of the gods.
Odysseus had shown his scar to his faithful servants in order to prove that he (still disguised as the beggar) was truly Odysseus--King of Ithaca. He had to convince the swineherd and cowherd that he was Odysseus to get their aid on the plot against the suitors or in this case a slaughter in the halls. - Book 21 of The Odyssey
Homer's epic, The Odyssey, begins with the invocation, in which the poet asks the Muse for help in telling the story. The story starts on mount Olympus, with an entreaty of Athena to Zeus, her father, asking him to aid Odysseus in escaping Calypso's island and gaining his long overdue homecoming.
To aid Cronus, the Titan father of Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia.