Pyrrho

Thank you for mentioning The Odyssey, as it has given the thread an interesting direction. It would be a much better basis for a religion than the Bible. Too bad people don't prefer to follow The Odyssey instead of the Bible. (Well, I'd rather people give up on religion entirely, but if they are going to be religious, I'd rather them have the values expressed in The Odyssey than the Bible.)

Pyrrho

From:

http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/bull29.html

I see that both Circe and Calypso helped Odysseus on his journey, and he is likely to have failed without their help. Having sex with them may have enabled him to get home to his wife. Had he refused, it is likely that they would not have been as inclined to see that he was not killed by the Sirens (Circe helped him in dealing with them) or have had a raft with ample provisions to sail home (Calypso helped with that). These affairs were not simply flings for the fun of it, but were a part of doing what needed to be done in order to return home.

And, again, Odysseus never promised his wife Penelope that he would not have sex with others anyway.

I see that my memory of The Odyssey is accurate.