Love Love is a centraltheme to all three stoies.
In The Odyssey, Odysseus is consumed by love several times. He falls in love with the beautiful Calypso, and spends years on her island. While there, he commits countless acts of adultery, and forgets his mission of returning home. His voyage home, which has been divinely fated, is central to the story. He often burns with the desire to return home to his wife and family.