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Odysseus was a strong and smart man that was a king ruling ithaca. He had a normal life, was a great fighter and was honoured by many.

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You will not find textual evidence about Athena/refusing the call. However, you do need to explain Athena's role in his decision to sail to Troy and fight the Trojans. This information was discussed in class and can be found in your Flipbook.

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Athena the god of wisdom had big play in the odyssey, she has told and helped odysseus throughout the entirety of the odyssey. The goddess Cersei's role in the story helped him by giving him the magic herb so he wouldn't turn into a pig, but she affected him by turning his men into pigs. (Homer 673). "gives advice on how to avoid the dangers he will face."

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When entering the land of the dead odysseus had to make offerings of cows and also a black lamb which is the best one in his herd to the souls of the dead. He sees his mother, which he didn't know of her death until she visited him there. Later he also see's Teiresias. He tells Odysseus that in his trip he will have hurdles that will have to overcome, but he will make it home to Ithaca, he also tells him, upon coming to Helios island, not to kill the cows. Odysseus thanks him for telling him of his future and continues his journey to Helios island.

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The battle of Cicones was when after the trojan war odysseus came upon an island and his men attacked the people there. Most of those people went to go get back up which resulted in the loss of a ton of soldiers. ''inland, running to call to arms the main force of Cicones.''

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The lotos eaters are people who are addicted to lotus flowers (which were like a drug). This drug was addictive, you lose all hope and desire in anything. (Homer Lines 105) "the Lotus, or you lose your hope of home."

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In this trial, Odysseus come upon a island and scouts it out knowing a cyclops were on the island. Odysseus and his men get trapped in the cyclops cave and need to escape, they come up with a plan a ask the gods for help to escape. they get polyphemus drunk and make a pointy spear and stab him in the eye while sleeping, because he cant see, odysseus and his men get strapped under the sheep and get let out. upon escaping odysseus comes back and tells the cyclops his name. Later polyphemus asks his father poseidon to make the rest of his journey terrible.

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Odysseus and his men travel to Aeolia, where the King Aeolus gives them a sack filled with three of the four winds, except for the west wind. (Homer lines 528) "When they are near home, Odysseus's men open the sack, letting loose a storm that drives them back to Aeolia."

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Odysseus and his men get in a fight. they run and they only escape with only one ship. (Homer lines 529). "A race of cannibals."

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Odysseus and his men have to sail to Aeolia, the goddess Circe was there, who transformed half of Odysseus men into pigs is. He tells her to change them back to men. She had violated a Greek value of hospitality because Circe changed his men to pigs and held Odysseus prisoner while they were her guests.

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Telemachus, Penelope, Athena, Calypso, Circe, Zeus, Eumaeus, Eurycleia.

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Antinous, Eurymachus, Amphinomus, Melanthius, Polyphemus, poseidon,

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The greek goddess Athena was the one that helped him fight the suitors and take back his home. When Odysseus took his revenge, (Homer lines 1434) "he killed their best one. “Our finest lad is down!
You killed the best on Ithaca.”

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The Journey home is the part of the story about odysseus trip going home. This was going home to ithaca and killing the suitors due to athens help.

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The reward in his situation was staying alive throughout his whole journey due to smart choices and making it back to ithaca and reclaiming his home with his family.  Another reward he got is that he gets to have revenge on the suitors. "The man is implacable. Now that he's got his hands on a bow and quiver he'll shoot from the big doorstone there until he kills us to the last man." (Homer 1475)

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In the end Odysseus has showed how brave, smart and strong throughout the story and and has survived through many hardships. example of intelligence is how he got the cyclops drunk and stabbed him in the eye while sleeping and escaped by hiding under one of the sheeps. A example of  bravery is when he challenged the best suiter and killed him. he had displayed Leadership by not becoming addicted to the lotus flower and continue and forcing his men back on the boat to finish the journey.