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In the beginning portions of The Odyssey, Homer, the poet who composed The Odyssey and The Iliad, pray to the Muses to speak through him when writing the story about Odysseus.

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In Book 1, Athena appeals to Zeus to help the protagonist in the story, Odysseus get home, as he has been wandering the seas for 10 years after serving in the Trojan War. His wife, Penelope, is being courted by many suitors who are taking over his property and rank, wanting to marry her to get Ody's land and power. The suitors also seek to eliminate Ody's son, whom Penelope sent away to be safe for now from the suitors.

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The goddess Calypso has been keeping Odysseus for 7 years on her island in the Ionian Sea. Every day, she wants him to stay with her but he refuses. He eventually gives in but then goes out to the rocks and mourn all day.

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Eventually, Hermes is sent to save Odysseus from Calypso and she is forced to help Ody build a raft to travel home to his wife and Ithaca. She asks him one last time if he would like to stay with her forever, but he declines and sails off to return to Ithaca.

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Ody dines at King Alcinous' palace and tells him how he’s in good graces with the gods and goddesses. He also mentions how he was “detained” by two goddesses but didn’t fall for them. He then sails off for Ithaca but gets attacked by the Circonian army, losing 72 men.

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The crew stumble upon another island and Ody sends 3 men to survey it- 2 scouts and a runner. Some of the men decide to eat the lotus petals and get high, and Ody has to tie them up on the row benches so they don’t try and defect and stay with the lotus eaters.

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The next island Ody and his crew came across happened to be where the cyclopes lived, a primitive but massive species that stuck to farming. Ody and his men snuck into a cave and ate all of the cheese and water, which was not very smart. The owner of the cave came in and at first didn't see them, but then when he did he decided he was hungry and ate 2 of Ody's men. They were plotting through the night and when morning came, they were going to stab the cyclops but they realised that they wouldn't be able to get out, since the massive rock was immovable for them. Then the cyclops got drunk with Ody and was stabbed in the eye. Ody and his men escaped under the sheep which the cyclops was caring for. He then told the cyclops who he was, and the cyclops cursed him with Posideon’s wrath.

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The Wind king gives Ody a bag of wind and a good wind from the West back to Ithaca. Ody’s troops open the bag and it sends them back to Aelus’s island, where he refuses to help them any more since the troops opened the bag. They stay on the island where there are cannibals, one of their ships are destroyed, and lose 45 men.

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Book 10 Box 1- Circe, Grace of the Witch

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Book 10 Box 1- Circe, Grace of the Witch

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Ody's crew lands accidentally at Circe's island, where some of the men decide to go and listen to her singing. She then turns them into various domesticated animals. One man escapes and goes down to warn Ody and the rest of the crew on the beach.

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Italics Before Book 11 and Box 2 of Book 10

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Italics Before Book 11 and Box 2 of Book 10

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Hermes arrives in time to give Ody a special remedy to make him immune to the witch's potion temporarily. He then goes in to her and convinces her to let the men go, but he and the men have to stay at the island with her for a year.

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Ody has to go to the Land of the Dead, where he meets a lot of shade, two including his mother and a fallen sailor, asking Ody to bury him and give him a memorial on an island.

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He then meets Tiresias, who gives him a terrifying prophecy, the most major of news is that he will not return to Ithaca with any of his crew and under a foreign sail. This frightens Ody, understandably. He then goes and talks to his mother for a bit.

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Book 12 Box 1- The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis

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Book 12 Box 1- The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis

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Ody goes back to Aeaea where he gives Elpoenor a proper burial, just as Elpoenor asked.

On the way home, the crew has to go threw the Sirens' waters- they're known for wrecking sailors and singing. Ody has to be tied down to the rowbench and plugged his ears with beeswax.

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Book 12 Box 2- The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis

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Book 12 Box 2- The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis

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Ody decides to lose 6 men rather than all of his crew drowning and he rows closer to Scylla's island, where she strikes and eats 6 of his best men alive. They then sail out of the strange sea.

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Part 1 of the Odyssey ends with the remaining crew and Odysseus landing on Helios the sun god's island and eating his cattle, which was an absolutely terrible idea. Zeus then sends down a lightning bolt, killing everyone but Ody and destroying the ship. Ody then drifts to Calypso's island, where she keeps him for 7 years.