Answer:
He related his story from Calypso's island until Nausicaa's help earlier that day, but failed to mention his name or the name of his kingdom.
Explanation:
"Alone with Alcinous and Odysseus, Arete recognizes Odysseus' clothing as her own creation and asks him who he is and who gave him his clothing. He relates his story from Calypso's island until Nausicaa's help earlier that day. Alcinous says Nausicaa should have taken him home with her directly, but Odysseus says it was his idea to follow her separately. Taken with Odysseus, Alcinous vows to help him get home".
It brought them harm because they expected Hitler to be satisfied and they believed that if they gave him what he wanted that he wouldn't cause a new war and wouldn't bother them. This is why they didn't prepare for what he did when he started the war and why France was defeated so fast and couldn't do anything about it and why England became locked out of Europe completely until the arrival of the Allies.
