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Odysseus left his home in Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. He became a hero by coming up with the idea for the Trojan Horse. He fought for 10 years.

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Odysseus and his crew were sailing and they came upon Ismaros, a city on the coast of the Cicones. The civilians called for the main army to help, and they started to fight Odysseus and his men. They lost a great number of people that day.

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After sailing for 9 days, Odysseus and his men came upon the land of the Lotus Eaters. Odysseus sent a group of men out to see but they ate lotus and made them want to stay on that land forever. Odysseus tied the men down and quickly left the land.

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Odysseus and his men continued to sail and came upon a cave where a cyclops called Polyphemus lives. They got captured by Polyphemus and he devoured 4 of Odysseus men. Finally, Odysseus used sharp wood to blind Polyphemus and they escaped.
Polyphemus asked his father, Poseidon, to give them many troubles getting back to Ithaca.

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Odysseus and his men landed on the Island of Aeolia, home of the wind king, Aeolus. To help them, Aeolus put all harmful winds in a bag but Odysseus crew ended up opening it, and blew them back to Aeolia. Aeolus commanded them to leave his hall and never return.

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They landed on a island that civilizans were treated to a savage. Odysseus and his crew got attacked from Laestrygonians and only Odeysseus ship escaped.

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When Odysseus and his comrade came to the island of Aeaea, they found a great house and Odysseus sent some men including Eurylochus to check who might live there. A witch called Circe was living there and she gave them a drink, and eventually turned them into pigs,except Eurylochus. The scared man, Eurylochus, ran to Odysseus with the news.
Odysseus saved his men using a plant and they stayed a year in her house.
A Circe instructed Odysseus to go to the Land of the Dead.

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Odysseus follows Circe's instructions and arrived to the Island of the Dead. He met Tiresias, a prophet, by sacrificing a lamb.
He told Odysseus how he can complete his journey and after that Odysseus spoke to some familiar faces like his mother and Achaean hero, Achilles.

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They returned to Aeaea, land of Circe, to bury the body of Elpenor. The next morning, they left Aeaea to the next destination, the Island of Sirens.

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They passed by an island where Sirens live, mermaids who use their beautiful voices to attract and eat people.
Odysseus crew covered their ears to protect from Sirens beautiful voice and only Odysseus didn't cover to make sure that they passed from the island.

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Next, they met a six-headed monster, Scylla, that lives in rocky cliff. She ate 6 of the Odysseus men, but they road hard and the rest could escape.

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Next they reached the island of Thrinacia, where the sun god Helios keeps his divine cattle. Tiresias's word not to eat the island's livestock is not kept, instead, the hungry crew ate the livestock while Odysseus slept. They were punished by Zeus and only Odysseus survived.

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Odysseus drifted for nine days before the gods casted him up on Ogygia, the island of the nymph Calypso.
After seven long years,Athena, Odysseus' guide, convinces her father, Zeus, to help free Odysseus. He sent the god,Hermes, to order Calypso to free Odysseus.

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On the way home Poseidon raised a storm that sank Odysseus' raft. A sea nymph helped Odysseus and brought him to the island of Scheria. Alcinoos daughter, Nausicaa guided him to the palace where he was treated as a guest.
At the feasting table, Odysseus identified himself and started to talk all the stories of his journey so far.
The king Alcinoos helped Odysseus to reach home, Ithaca.

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Telemachus sailed to Pylos, where Nestor, an old general who participated in the Trojan War with Odysseus lived.Since he did not know many details he advised Telemachus to meet Menelaus, the last of all the Achaeans to return, in his palace at Sparta.

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Telemachus followed Nestor's advice and went to Sparta, where Manelaus, the son of Atreus, lives.
Telemachus listened to Manelaus journey and learned that his father Odysseus is trapped in a cave in Calypso. He thanked Manelaus and returned to Pylos where his comrades were waiting.

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Telemachus returned from Pylos. With Athena's help, he was able to return to Ithaca without meeting the suitors who were ambushing and trying to kill him.

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Odysseus finally arrived to his home island, Ithaca and Athena put on a disguise that made him old for no one to notice.
After a few days, Odysseus met his son,Telemachus, and they started to make a plan to slay the suitors who stay in Odysseus' palace.

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One day, Penelope, Odysseus wife held a contest to decide her new husband. Every suitors tried to string the bow and put an arrow throught the twelve axheads but no one succeeded.
Odysseus succeeded by shooting an arrow clean through all twelve and revealed himself. Him and his son started to kill the suitors who were in his palace with the help of Athena. They killed all the suitors and maids who weren't loyal, and Odysseus spent the night with his wife.

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Odysseus and the Ithacans had a fight because Odysseus killed their sons, but with the help of Athena, they broke off the slaughter and joined hands.