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The Odyssey

The Odyssey documents Odysseus' 10-year journey home after the Trojan War. He faces many obstacles, including encounters with the Lotus-Eaters, Cyclops, Aeolus, Laestrygonians, Circe, Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis. Calypso keeps him on her island for 7 years before he continues his journey. After many trials, Odysseus finally returns home in disguise and kills the suitors who have overrun his household in his long absence.

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The Odyssey

The Odyssey documents Odysseus' 10-year journey home after the Trojan War. He faces many obstacles, including encounters with the Lotus-Eaters, Cyclops, Aeolus, Laestrygonians, Circe, Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis. Calypso keeps him on her island for 7 years before he continues his journey. After many trials, Odysseus finally returns home in disguise and kills the suitors who have overrun his household in his long absence.

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ODYSSEY

The Adventures of
Odysseus
The Adventures of
1.Troy
Odysseus
2.The Island of the Cicones
3. The Island of Lotus Eaters
4. .The Island of the Cyclops
5.The Island of Aeolus
6.The Island of the
Laestrygonians
7.Circe's Island
8.The Underworld
9.The Island of the Sirens
10.Scylla and Charybdis
11.Island of the Sun God
12.Ogygia (Calypso's Island)
13.The Island of the
Characters
Odysseus:
TheGreekkingofIthacawhohas
beenofffightingtheTrojanWar
fortenyears.

Telemachus:
ThesonofOdysseus.

Penelope:
Theloyalandlovingwifeof
Odysseus.

Aeolus:
GodofWind
Polyphemus:
TheCyclopswhocapturesOdysseusandhismenwith
theintentionofeatingthem.

Circe:
Thewitch-goddesswithwhomOdysseusandhismen
stayforoneyear.

Calypso:
ThenymphgoddesswhofallsinlovewithOdysseus
andkeepshimonherislandforsevenyears.Hermes
finallypersuadesCalypsotofreeOdysseus.
The Island of the Cicones
After leaving Troy, they stop to raid
this island for supplies. The Cicones
attack on horseback, and Odysseus
lost 72 of his men.
The Island of the
Lotus -Eaters
Odysseus sends his men
out to search for food, and
has to recover them when
they eat the Lotus Flower.
The Lotus is
a plant that
forces the
crew to lose
all grip on
reality. Once
it is eaten,
the person
knows
nothing nor
cares for
anything
other than
The Island of the Cyclops
The cyclops, Polyphemus, traps them
inside the cave. Odysseus and his
men blinded the cyclops, then sneak
out under his herd of sheep.
Polyphemus
Then Odysseus and his men escape from the cave by
hiding under Polyphemus' sheep.
The Island of Aeolus

Aeolus, the God of the Winds, gives


Odysseus a bag winds, so he can
safely sail home. Odysseus' men go
against his orders and open the bag,
and all of the winds escape.
Island of the
Laestrygonians

.The giants ate many of Odysseus'


men and destroyed eleven of his
twelve ships by launching rocks
from high cliffs. Odysseus' ship
was not destroyed as it was
hidden in a cove near shore.
Everyone on Odysseus' ship
survived.
His soldiers, with a dozen ships, arrive at "the rocky stronghold of Lamos:
Telepylus, the city of the Laestrygonians.

.
Circes Island
Odysseus lands on Aeaea,
home of Circe. Odysseus
. sends some of his men to
scout out the area, but
when they did not return,
he becomes worried. All of
Odysseus's men did not
return, so Odysseus himself
sets off to know why.
On the way, he is
confronted by
Hermes. Hermes
tells him that
Circe is up ahead
. and that his only
chance of
survival is to eat
the plant Moly.
Odysseus
hesitates; Moly
is poisonous.
Nevertheless, he
Circe pleads for them to stay on her island,
and Odysseus does this because he was
promised information on how to return
home. Finally, Circe tells him to go see
Tiresias, a prophet located in the
underworld.
.

Tiresias is a blind
prophet.
The Underworld
Odysseus consults the prophet
Tiresias to ask how he can get
home, and finds his mother there,
who has committed suicide in
depression.
.
Odysseus'
mother is
Anticlea, wife
of Laertes,
daughter of
Autolycus and
Amphithea,
granddaughte
r of Hermes.
The Sirens
After Tiresias, and a brief stop at Aeaea,
Odysseus's men go to the Sirens. The
Sirens sing a song that no man can resist to
passingships.
.
Scylla and Charybdis
Odysseus chooses to sail for
Scylla, a six-headed sea
serpent, rather than
Charybdis,
.
a giant whirlpool.
He did this because he knew
that if he went to Charybdis,
the whole ship would be
destroyed. However, if he went
towards Scylla, six men would
die. A sacrifice the brave
.

Scylla and
Island of the Sun God

After leaving
.
from the island of
Sirens and
escaping Scylla
and Charybdis,
they traveled to
the island of they
Sun God. Circe
and Tiresias said
not to mess with
Ogygia (Calypso's
Island)

Odysseus finds this island after


.
drifting in the sea. It is a island
of women, with a nymph
named Calypso, with whom
Odysseus has a seven-year
affair with. After the seven
years, Hermes convinces
Calypso to let Odysseus build a
new ship so he could sail
The Island of the Phaecians
The Phaecians accept Odysseus, and
he explains his ten-year journey to
them during a feast. They happily give
him a ride home on one of their
magical
. ships.
Ithaca
Odysseus finally arrives home
and
.
sees his son, Telemachus, for
the first time in 20 years. He and
Telemachus kill all of the suitors,
and Odysseus takes his place as
king, alongside his wife Penelope.
Odysseus finally made it back to his home.
Athena disguised him as a beggar so he can
remain hidden while he analyzes the loyalty
of his friends and family. He confronts his
son, Telemachus, and reveals his identity to
him.
Penelope laid down a challenge to the
.
suitors. Any one of them who can
string Odysseus' bow and shoot it
through the axe-handles like Odysseus
used to do.
.

Needless to say, none of them could do it, that


is, until the beggar got a chance. He was
ridiculed as he tried, but Odysseus shot the
arrow perfectly. Athena then changed his
.

The suitors were awestruck. It was then


that Odysseus and Telemachus began
their attack. With the help of Athena and
Zeus, they slaughtered all of the suitors.
Themes
LoveandLoyalty
Temptation
TheTensionbetweenGoalsandObstacles
TheMiseryofSeparation
Maturity
DivineGuidance
Sacrifice
Homecoming
ActionanditsConsequence

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