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The Cicones The Lutos-Eater Polyphemus the Cyclops

Odysseus and his men arrive on


a small island inhabited by the
Odysseus and his men battle
Lotus Eaters, friendly people Odysseus eventually succeeded
and fight several of the native
who only eat the lotus plant's in making Polyphemus drunk
Cicones, stealing animals and
fruit. Those who consume lotus and blinded him by inserting an
wine and eating and drinking
fruit forget about returning ignited stake into his eye while
on the beach.
home, choosing to stay on the he slept.
lotus island and consume lotus
fruit.
The Bags of Aeolus The Laestrygonians Circe the Enchantress

One of the numerous obstacles Circe possesses magical abilities,


Aeolus gave Odysseus a Odysseus faces in his Odyssey is which she employs to transform
favorable wind and a bag in the Laestrygonians, an army of some of Odysseus' men into
which the unfavorable winds giant cannibals. They destroy 11 pigs. Circe invites Odysseus into
were contained. While of his 12 ships and murder her bed, then bathes, feeds, and
Odysseus' colleagues opened everyone except those who get releases his men from the spell
the bag, the winds got away and away on Odysseus' ship, which she's cast on them when
pushed them back to the island. is arrived outside the Odysseus resists her magic with
Laestrygonian harbor. the help of the god Hermes.

The journey to the Underworld The Sirens Scylla and Charybdis

Charybdis is a massive
whirlpool that jeopardizes to
Tiresius showed up to Odysseus consume the entire ship.
and informed him that in order Odysseus follows Circe's advice
So after Odysseus' ship passes
to return home, he had to make and stays close to the cliffs of
by, the sirens fling themselves
his way between Scylla and Scylla's lair. Scylla's heads
into the sea and are drowned.
Charybdis, the two great swoop down and devour six
monsters. sailors as he and his men look at
Charybdis on the opposite side
of the strait.

The Cattle of Helios Seven years with Calypso Meanwhile in Ithaca

Odysseus and his crew anchor


their ship on the island of Telemachus decided to go in
In seven years, the nymph
Thrinacia. This island was a search of his long-dead father.
Calypso held Odysseus captive.
shrine to Helios, the son god. He traveled to Sparta to speak
Calypso offered him
Odysseus became asleep, and with Menelaus and request him
immortality in exchange for
when he arose he discovered if he had any news from
marrying her. Zeus sent Hermes
that the men had violated their Odysseus, but Telemachus was
to Calypso to request Odysseus'
oaths and murdered some disappointed and returned to
release.
cattle. Zeus scolded them by Ithaca.
destroying Odysseus' ship with
a thunderbolt.
The Phaeacians Finally on Ithaca The real End
Odysseus is shipwrecked on
Calypso's island of Ogygia after
escaping with the help of the
gods. The Phaeacians are well- Odysseus kills Antinous with an
Odysseus crowed Telemachus
known seafarers and navigators, arrow after the other suitors
King of Ithaca and left him and
making them the ideal people to ignore him.
his wife Penelope to travel on
assist Odysseus in finding his Odysseus assassinated all of
the opposite inland.
way home. They assisted Penelope's suitors.
Odysseus in returning to Ithaca
by providing the fastest ship
after hearing about his ordeals.

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