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

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Odysseus didn't want to go to the Trojan war, but Athena convinced him to go. Odysseus had "All feats on that great feats in long warfare" (Homer Lines 736-737). Odysseus never wanted to go to the war because his son was just born. Athena told him to go and sail to Troy

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Athena- Athena is a mentor because she helped him take back his home. When Odysseus arrived Athena disguises him as a beggar and when he sees Telemachus she tells him "The time has come: tell him how you together will bring doom on the suitors in the town I shall not be far distant then, for I myself desire battle" (Homer Lines 1012-1015). That shows that Athena wanted to help him get back at the people hitting on his wife.
Circe- Circe turned all of Odysseus' men into swine. Circe told Odysseus that "...in order to reach home he must journey to the land of the dead, Hades, and consult the blind prophet Tiresias"(Homer). this shows that even though Circe did a bad thing, what Circe did helped Odysseus so that is why she is a mentor.
Tiresias- Tiresias is a blind prophet who tells Odysseus his destiny "...under strange sail shall yuo come home, to find your own house filled with trouble: insolent men eating your livestock as they court your lady"(Homer lines 648-650). The destiny that Tiresias tells Odysseus is important, because he knows what to do but his men wont listen and he knows what is coming.

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Crossing the Threshold (The Land of the Dead) 

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Crossing the Threshold (The Land of the Dead) 

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Odysseus crossed into an unknown world to go get information on what he needs to do. Odysseus was told "...in order to reach home he must journey to the land of the dead, Hades, and consult the blind prophet Tiresias"(Homer). This is important because it shows the journey officially begins.

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Odysseus's first test was when he was under a spell by Zeus to not go immediately home. "The wind tht carried west from lium brought me to Ismarus" (Homer Lines 41-42)

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This was the second test. Odysseus sent three men into land. When the men met the Lotus Eaters they got some food and a drink that had nectar from Lotus flowers in it. What the men didn’t know was that the nectar made you lose all desire of home and you feel really dreamy. The Lotus Eaters did not mean to cause any harm, they simply just wanted to treat their guests with hospitality. Odysseus realized that the men he sent have been gone for hours. He found them and had to tie them up by force because they did not want to leave.

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Odysseus and his men dock on the island of the cyclopes. He wanted to figure out who, or what, lived on the island. Odysseus and his men wandered around until they found a cave. The group burnt an offering to the gods and feasted. That night, in walks a cyclopes, Polyphemus. Behind him, Polyphemus pushed a slab in front of the door. Odysseus, being the “bravest” of the men, spoke up, claiming that his name is Nohbdy, from Troy and that his ship had been crashed among the rocks of the island. Polyphemus grabbed up two of the men and bashed their heads against the rocks, then ate them whole. Odysseus looked to his men with a plan. They took the branch of an olive tree and made a spear. Once Polyphemus came back to his cave, bringing all of his rams, Odysseus offered him some wine. Polyphemus accepted and drank until he passed out. Next, Odysseus and four of his men took the spear and stabbed Polyphemus’ eye. Polyphemus, not being able to see, checks whatever leaves through the door, trying to trap Odysseus and his men. Because they’re under the sheep, Polyphemus doesn’t notice they’re there. Odysseus and his men make it back to the ship, but, being arrogant, Odysseus yells back, “I, Odysseus of Ithaca, fooled the cyclopes, Polyphemus!” So Polyphemus curses Odysseus, making it a long, hard journey until he can make it home.

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Island of Aeolia (encounter with Aeolus) 

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Island of Aeolia (encounter with Aeolus) 

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After Odysseus and him men left the Island of the Cyclopes they stopped at Aeolia, the island of Aeolus the wind god. Aeolus treated Odysseus very kindly and gave him a bag of winds. The bag had all of the west winds bundled up in it and was not to be opened until they get back to Ithaca. There was one problem though, Odysseus’ men were curious of what was in the bag. They thought it was gold that Odysseus was keeping to himself, so they opened it before they reached Ithaca. This made the journey back home even longer and harder.

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After the wind storm was over Odysseus’ ships landed on Telepylos, the land of the Laestrygonians. Three men go onto the land and Laestrygonian king eats on of the scouts. When this happens all of the other greeks run for the ships, but, the Laestrygonians smash 11 of the ships. They start feeding on some of the men. Odysseus orders the men to his ship, and they have to hurry.

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The men land on Circe’s island, Aeaea, after they leave Telepylos. Odysseus sends half of his men to go look for someone to get food and water. The men that are sent hear Circe’s singing, and as they get closer to her home they see animals that should be attacking, but they are just sitting there staring at them. When they reach the house Circe feeds them and then turns them into pigs.  Odysseus decides to go to Circe and try to get her to let his men go. On his way to Circe’s home Odysseus runs into Hermes. Hermes gives him a magical flower that can keep him protected from Circe’s spells and Hermes also gives Odysseus some advice. When Odysseus gets to Circe’s home she offers him some of the drugged wine. Odysseus tells her that he wants his men to be freed. After they are freed Odysseus and his men stay with Circe for a year and then Odysseus asks her for help to get home. She tells him that he first must head for the Underworld and look for Tiresias.

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Before Odysseus left Circe’s island she warned him of the Sirens. She told him that the Sirens are creatures that lure men towards them, causing the the ships to break on the rocks, with their singing. He had to put beeswax in the oarsman's ears so they did not hear the singing and steer towards the island. He also had to be tied to the mast of the ship if he wished to listen

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The Scylla lived on one cliff and the Charybdis lived on the other side. The Scylla is a six headed creature that would take six men from each ship that passed by. The Charybdis lived under the water and would come up and take all the men and the whole ship. Odysseus had to decide which cliff he would have his men row by. It was a decision of losing six men versus all of his men and his ship. He chose to go on the side with the Scylla.

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Odysseus ends up at Ogygia where the goddess Calypso lives. He stays there for a few years. Athena eventually steps in and asks Zeus if he could let Odysseus go. Zeus has Hermes go to Calypso and tells her that she must allow him to leave and return home to Ithaca.

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Odysseus was warned that he should not let his men harm the cattle. If they were to leave the cattle unharmed they would all return to Ithaca. If they harmed the cattle they would all die except for Odysseus, he alone would return to Ithaca, but with a great delay. Odysseus ordered them to leave the cattle alone. They agree to only eat the food Circe gave them. The winds end up really bad and they are stuck there for over a month. While Odysseus goes inland to pray for guidance one of the men says the worst kind of death is starvation. The man then suggests that they find the best cattle and sacrifice the cattle to the gods. In doing so they make Helios very mad. When Odysseus returns and finds what he had done he is furious with his men. When the winds die down they set off on their journey again, but they run into a storm. The man who steered the ship gets killed. Zeus sends down a lighting bolt and they all are tossed off the ship. Odysseus ties some parts of the ship back together and holds onto that.

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While Odysseus is on his way home to Ithaca, Poseidon realizes what Zeus has done and creates a storm. Odysseus’ shipped is wrecked and he starts to drown. Then the sea goddess Ino comes to his rescue and puts a veil over him that keeps him safe. Odysseus washed up on Scheria the land of the Phaeacians at nighttime