In Book 9 of The Odyssey, what are two points at which Odysseus mentions a desire to return home? Note: This question applies to what takes...

At the beginning of Book IX, Odysseus is talking to King
Alcinous and the rest of the Phaeacians at the feast.  At the start of the book, he
begins to tell the story of what has happened to him.  Almost as soon as he starts
talking, he mentions a desire to return home.  He tells the audience
that

...there
is nothing dearer to a man than his own country and his parents, and however splendid a
home he may have in a foreign country, if it be far from father or mother, he does not
care about it.

He says this
to explain why he left Calypso's island.  This implies a strong desire to return
home.

A second point in which he mentions the desire to
return home comes when he talks about the lotus eaters.  He mentions how three of his
men ate lotuses offered to them and no longer wanted to go home.  At that point, he
forced them back on the ship and

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told the rest to go on board at once, lest any of
them should taste of the lotus and leave off wanting to get
home.

Again, this shows very
clearly that Odysseus is determined to return home.