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The use of caves in mythology to depict darkness and abandonment has

branded it as a symbol of chaos. From this perception other associations

are made which connect the cave to prejudices, malevolent spirits, burial

sites, sadness, resurrection and intimacy. It is a world to which only

few venture, and yet its mysticism has attracted the interest of

philosophers, religious figures and thinkers throughout history. These

myths are exemplified in Homer's "Odyssey," where the two worlds of

mortals and immortals unite in the eternal cave.

To Plato, the cave represents the confusion between reality and

falsehood. Individuals chained deep within the recesses of the cave

mistake their shadows for physical existence. These false perceptions,

and the escape from bonds held within the cave symbolize transition into

the a world of reality. Comparatively, in the Odyssey, Odysseus must

first break with Kalypso, and set himself free before he can return to......

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