The Odyssey Chapter diez

This chapter is yet again proof of the author's somewhat inconsistent length of detail. It starts out saying things about Aeolus, and there's only about two paragraphs about him. This was either disappointment or relief, I'm not sure. Again, in one page, they are near their homeland, and they are blown back to the Aeolian island, home of Aeolus. Then, all of a sudden, they're at another island, and Antiphates is eating Ulysses's men once again. Of course, then comes Circe. There is a lot of detail in this passage, and it is interesting; Why would they stay there for a year if they were in a hurry to get home? I think this is the longest span of time that they stay somewhere, out of all the hospitable peoples' houses.