Odysseus and Bill Clinton: A Comparison Odysseus was allowed to linger in other women’s beds, but his wife was not allowed to sleep in other men’s beds. According to The Odyssey, written by Homer, Odysseus was gone for 20 years, slept with many women, and the very first thing this pretty boy thinks about when he gets home is if his wife has been cheating on him! Odysseus tried to make himself look like a superman, but infact he: bawled like a baby many times; told his family and others that he was forced to “linger” in Circe’s and Calypso’s beds; and mutilated hundreds of viscous suitors in