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ODYSSEY
Odysseus’ Journey home
Took him 20 years to arrive home, 10 years in Troy, 10 years in his journey.
Penelope’s Vow
Wife of Odysseus who was harassed by suitors during his absence
She stalled them by promising she would choose a husband when she;s done weaving a burial shroud for her father-in-law.
The Suitors
They waited several years for Penelope to choose one of them.
They devoured Odysseus’ livestock and abused his servants.
Telemachus, Odysseus’ son, was their main victim.
The Plea
Athena, the goddess of wisdom, begged Zeus to allow Odysseus to go home.
Odysseus spent 7 years in the isle of the nymph Calypso, and Athena thinks that he has suffered enough.
The Journey of Telemachus
Athena gave Telemachus a visit and told him to sail and look for his father.
He sailed with Athena who was disguised as an elder friend of his father, Mentor.
They arrived at Pylus and were welcomed by Nestor who informed them of Odysseus’ fate.
Telemchus travelled to sparta with Peisistratus, the son of Nestor
This is where he learned that Odysseus was imprisoned in Calypso’s isle.
Poseidon’s Wrath
Hermes was sent to Calypso isle to demand the liberation of Odysseus
Poseidon sees him escape and sends a storm
Athena and Leukothea help him swim to the Isle of Phaeaceans.
The Journey of Odysseus
From Troy
To Ismaros Island or Land of cicones
To the Island of Lotus-Eaters
To the Island of Polyphemus
To the Island of Aiolia or Aeolian island
To the Island of Telepylos
To the Island of Aeaea
To the Underworld or Erebus
To the land of the Sirens
To the Scylla and Charybdis
To the Island of Thrinacia or Island of the sun
To the Island of Ogygia or Calypso
To the Land of the Phaecians or Island of Scheria
Back to Ithaca
Important Details
The journey took 10 years. Including 10 years in troy so totally its 20 years.
Lotus Fruits made Odysseus’ men fall asleep and not care about going home. Odysseus had to drag them to the ship.
Polyphemus is a man-eating cyclops, he eats 2 of Odysseus’ men everyday. Odysseus defeats him by giving him wine and blinding him with a wooden stake.
Aeolus gave them hospitality in Aiolia for a month and provided west wind to carry them home.
The sailors opened it mistaking it for gold and got off course again.
Laestrygonians are a cannibalistic tribe native to Telepylos.
Odysseus met Circe, a witch-goddess, in the island of Aeaea. He remained here with her for a year.
They summoned an old prophet named Tiresias in the underworld to advise them how to go home, in the Underworld
Scylla is a six-headed monster, and Charybdis is a giant whirlpool.
Thrinacia, also known as the island of the Sun
In the island of Ogygia, where Odysseus got washed up, he met Calypso a nymph, they became lovers for 7 years
In the Land of the Phaecians, he met Nausicaa, daughter of the King Alcinus and Queen Arete of the Phaecians, wherein they escorted him to Ithaca.
He disguised himself as a beggar, his old maid Euraleia spots him, and then kills all the suitors except for one poet.
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