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Odysseus' ordinary world is "on the peaked sea-mark of Ithaca" ( Homer 21) The epic hero and protagonist lives in Ithaca with his wife, penelope, and son, Telemachus.

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Odysseus' Call to adventure was when he was asked to fight in the Trojan war. " Ten years after the trojan war, Odysseus departs from the goddess Calypso's island" ( Homer)

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Odysseus refused the call to fight in the Trojan war but Athena convinced him to go.

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Athena Is one of Odysseus' mentors because she helped him get back into his palace by disguising him as a beggar.  "Lithe and young she made him,
ruddy with sun, his jawline clean, the beard no longer gray upon his chin." ( Homer 1022- 1020)

Circe is another mentor for Odysseus because " Circe informs him that in order to reach home he must journey to the land of the dead, Hades, and consult the blind prophet Tiresias." (Homer)

Teiresias is the last mentor of Odysseus. She told him about the sirens "till I should know the presence of Tiresias. Soon from the dark that prince of Thebes came forward bearing a golden staff; and he addressed me" ( Homer 618-623)

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Odysseus crossed the threshold when he went into the Land of the Dead.

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Battle of Cicones
Lotus-Eaters
Cyclops
Island of Aeolia
Laestrygonians
Defeat of Circe
Resisting the Sirens
Passing Scylla and Charybdis
Escaping Calypso

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Odysseus was locked up in Calypso's hall. "Odysseus departs from the goddess Calypso’s island. " After the gods decided to save Odysseus they sent Hermes to free him.

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Sailing from Troy and on their way to Ithaca they came across "a strongpoint on the coast of Cicones. I stormed that place and killed the men who fought." (Homer 46-49)

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When Odysseus came across the land of the lotus eaters he sent two picked men and a runner. When they never came back Odysseus went after them, "offering the sweet Lotus to our friends but those who ate... the Lotus, never cared to report, nor to return" (Homer 97- 102) Odysseus had to refuse the urge to eat the flowers and also helping his men. He had to tie all the men who wouldn't leave to the back of the ship so they wouldn't go back to the Lotus flowers.

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Odysseus comes across the Cyclops who don't have any laws and don't believe in gods.  "knowing none but savage ways, a brute" (Homer 130) Odysseus and his men tried being nice and polite but the cyclops didn't believe in the god values. He killed as many men as possible.  "he clutched at my companions... like squirming puppies to beat their brain out, spattering the floor... and made his meal" (Homer 236- 243) One day when Polyphemus was out doing his work Odysseus and his men made a sphere out of an olive tree. They planned to get Polyphemus drunk and stab him in the eye so he'd go blind. After executing the plan they hid underneath some of the sheep and when Polyphemus went to let his sheep out Odysseus' men escaped.

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After escaping from Polyphemus, Odysseus and his men come across an island where the god of wind lives, Aeolia. He gave Odysseus and his men a bag of wind and told them not to open the bag. Odysseus' men never listened and opened the bag which pushed them right back to the island. Aeolia was nice enough to push them back out to sea but he stated that they had upsetted the gods by their actions. "Aeolia, where Aeolus, king of the winds, sends Odysseus on his way with a gift" ( Homer)

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After being on the water for seven days Odysseus and his men came across the  "Laestrygonians, a race of cannibals...destroy all of Odysseus’ ships except the one he is sailing in." ( Homer) The laestrygonians violated the value of hospitality.

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After escaping the Laestrygonians, Odysseus Comes across Circe who "transforms half of the men into swine." ( Homer)  Lucky Odysseus is protected by a special herb. He demands that his men are turned back to their human form. "The goddess reveals his course to him and gives advice on how to avoid the dangers he will face the Sirens," (Homer)

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After defeating Circe, Odysseus sailed towards the Sirens. He had a plan to tie himself to a pole o the ship and cover all his crewmates ears with beeswax so they wouldn't hear the song. " you are to tie me up, tight as a splint,
erect along the mast, lashed to the mast, and if I shout and beg to be untied, take more turns of the rope to muffle me." ( Homer 695-698)

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Sailing away from the Sirens Odysseus comes across the six headed monster known as Scylla "Scylla to port
and on our starboard beam Charybdis," (Homer 796-797)  and the sea monster charybdis.  "the monster of the gray rock, harboring torment for my friends." ( Homer 790-792)
Odysseus violated the value of truthfulness. "I told them nothing, as they could do nothing. They would have dropped their oars again, in panic" ( Homer 783- 785)

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The Phaeacians are allies of Odysseus because "The next day, young Phaeacian noblemen conduct him home by ship." (Homer) and made sure he got home safely.

Telemachus is an allie to Odysseus because he helps Odysseus fight off the suiters
" Odysseus,...dissemble  to your son... The time has come tell him how you  two together will bring doom on the suitors" (Homer 1010-1017)

Eumaeus is a allie to Odysseus because he helps him gain his thrown back after being gone for 20 years. "Eumaeus,1 his old and faithful swineherd." ( Homer)
he also "Aided by Athena, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and other faithful herdsmen kill all the suitors."
( Homer)

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The only enemies Odysseus has is the suitors that have tried for years to get his wife's hand in marriage. "Numerous suitors, believing Odysseus to be dead, have been continually seeking the hand of his wife, Penelope, in marriage," (Homer) they also ate all his food and did not show hospitality to him while disguised as a beggar.

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Finding a grotto that provided shelter for his men Odysseus told his crew that they were to only eat the bread and wine on their ship. Odysseus went to pray to the gods when his men where starting to die of starvation, but ended up falling asleep. Eurylochus said "Come, we’ll cut out the noblest of these cattle for sacrifice to the gods who own the sky" (Homer 866-869)

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After completing Penelope's test of shooting an arrow through six axe handles he begins to kill the suitors. "Aided by Athena, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and other faithful herdsmen kill all the suitors." (Homer) The greek value that the suitors did not uphold is hospitality. "You sit here, fat
on others’ meat, and cannot bring yourself to rummage out a crust of bread for me!” ( Homer 1222- 1227)

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while staying with the Phaeacians he told them his story on how he got past all his tests and how he needed to go home."Odysseus has finished telling his story to the Phaeacians." ( Homer)  When he get home and defeats the suitors he gets his wife back and his throne. "Odysseus is reunited with his father...Odysseus has regained his family and his kingdom." ( Homer)

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After all this work and how strong Odysseus has been he should be named an epic hero. He never once gave up in the process and learned from his mistakes. Odysseus showed bravery, intelligence, and courage. When he was faced with the Cyclops he told him that "My name is Nohbdy: mother, father, and friends, everyone calls me Nohbdy." He was showing Intelligence by not telling him his real name. He also showed intellagence when he "So three sheep could convey each man. I took the woolliest ram, the choicest of the flock, and hung myself under his kinky belly" (Homer 379-384) He showed bravery when he was "trying to put heart into them,... Friends, have we never been in danger before this? More fearsome, is it now, than when the Cyclops penned us in his cave?... Did I not keep my nerve, and use my wits to find a way out for us?" ( Homer 763-770) After giving this long speech his crew had the bravery to pass Scylla and Charybdis.
He showed courage when he was with the Suitors. "Odysseus only shook his head, containing
thoughts of bloody work, as he walked on," ( Homer 1232-1335)
He could of killed them all right then and there but he had enough courage to make a plan.