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Ogygia
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Flora and Fauna
Descriptions of Ogygia provided by Odysseus to the Phaeacians detail an environment of unparalleled, almost suffocating, beauty. The island is consistently described as being richly wooded with evergreen trees, primarily focusing on the cypress$^8$ and the broad-leafed mulberry.
A peculiar characteristic of the island’s ecosystem is the fauna. While the text mentions no large land mammals, the ambient soundscape is dominated by the incessant, melancholic song of the Purple-Throated Sylph, a bird endemic only to Ogygi…