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The book starts by explaining Odysseus. Who had fought troy then eaten the Sun god's cattle. Now he was trapped on an Island by Poseidon away from his family and unable to return.

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They start with the gods being upset at how the humans blame them for problems.

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Athena goes to Zeus and begs him to let Odysseus go because he worship Zeus and fell victim to bad luck. Athena makes a plan to redeem Odysseus.

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Athena uses her powers to go to Telemachus who is Odysseus' son. She then gives him a plan to redeem the house name and get his father.

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Telemachus talks aggressively to the suitors exclaiming that he's kicking them out and wanting zeus to curse him.

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This just stood out to me as a start of his new journey. Apparently he leaves "Looking like a god" This is interesting to me because I think it serves to represents his growing up as a man.

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Zeus who controlled an old man makes a speech where he addresses the people of Ithaca in tears. He talks about losing his father and the suitors who are plotting to steal his wealth. In the end, he gets into a screaming match with the suitors.

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Penelope got to avoid marrying and hooking up. She did this by lying and saying I will after I finish this blanket. Which she doesn't finish. She then gets turned in by a slave who sniches.

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Telemachus decides to start his journey.

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Telemachus decides to start his journey.

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He ask for a boat and men but after being denied Athena speaks to him. After that he goes to his Nanny and asks her to pour the second best wine into jugs for him to take on a journey.

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Athena disguises herself as Telemachus and runs around town to help gather men and meet at the fastest boat in town.

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Under the guidance of Athena in disguise Telemachus speaks with Nestor the king of Pylos about his farther. Nestor has no information but tells a story about how the leaders of the trip had a failing out. With that Nestor sends his son on the Journey to join them.

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They arrive in Sparta and meet Menelaus and Helen.

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They arrive in Sparta and meet Menelaus and Helen.

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The group arrives in Sparta. Before Telemachus reveal his identity Menelaus tells a story about how Odysseus has suffered and weeps. Helen who was the catalyst for the war recognizes Telemachus.

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With the fear of the suitors and Telemachus away the God finally decided Odysseus had suffered enough. With that Zeus told hermes to messenger god to tell Calypso to free Odysseus.

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With him now on a boat and athena allowing a breeze to carry him off the island Poseidon was still angry. He sent waves after waves to try and stop him.

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After swimming to shore he goes into a river. The river flow stops because he prays to the river god, and he goes into the woods and sleeps.

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Athena transforms into Nausicaa's best friend and tricks her into going to the river to wash her clothes. It's at the river that she find Odysseus sitting there wanting to be rescued.

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Nausicaa is a princess and tells Odysseus to go to the king. Athena makes him look handsome and sends him there to ask to get sent home.

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A song played by a poet at a banquet makes him relive his traumatic memories. Because of this, he starts to cry. It was about Achillies. The king notices the grief and ends the song.

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The Phoenicians host a sporting event where Odysseus proves his strength and power.  After being challenged. For me, this re[resents themes of pride. it also served to demonstrate Odysseus's power in a way to possibly develop character.

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Demodocus at the request of Odysseus plays another song which leads to him crying for the second time.  This was about the trojan horse. I think that this sorrow is a reflection of the ideas and mentality toward war that the Greeks had.

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Travelling with his men to go home they come across an island of lotus fruits that intoxicate and trap his men. After getting them out they sail to the island of the cyclops polyphemus. He's the son of poseidon. He treats them nicely then betrays and starts killing and traps them. They escape and blind the cyclops.

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They go past the notorious island of the Sirens where the song entices traveler. Odysseus tied himself to the post to not be tempted while navigating the water he also had his men put wax in their ears so they couldn't hear the song.

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With the story continuing Odysseus goes to the wind god Aeolus. He gets winds that will take them to Ithica but his men opened the bag. This is a very important theme of greed and temptation. This is a repeated theme in the book and appears later when he lives with Circe for a year.

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On the boat the group comes across Scylla the five headed monster. He attacks them and Odysseus loses all of his men.

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Odysseus then goes to the land of the Cimmerians. There is has to honor his dead crewmate with a proper burial. The represents the theme of honoring the dead. This was an important responsibility that was required in ancient Greece.

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With the body buried they go past the sirens and resist temptation. Then Odysseus' men eat the Sun's cattle behind Odysseus' back. After that Odysseus' get banished to Calypso's island.

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After being cast away for 10 days straight he washes up on Calypso's island where we find him left.

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Odysseus, in disguise, greets a slave who served him. At first the guard dogs bark at him but are stopped by the slave Eumaues.

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Odysseus tells a lie to the salve about who he is since he looks like an old man. The slave does not buy it but explains how he does not trust tricksters. Odysseus tells a story about tricking someone for a cloak. He also tells the slave that Odysseus is still alive but the slave is skeptical. This is another example of how Odysseus is a skillful liar. It seems that his primary form of victory is the find weakness and trick people.

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Eumaeus and Odysseus call it a night. Odysseus goes to sleep in the house in a cloak given to him by the slave and the slave sleeps outside the house with this pigs. This represents his loyalty to Odysseus and proves his values as a character.

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Athena goes to sparta and has Telemachus return home. With this he returns back to Ithaca. in a way this represents his growing up and maturing coming to an end.

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When Telemachus goes to the old slaves hut he meet the beggar (Odysseus) They reunited and make the plan to kill the suitors.

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After meeting the old man in disguise they get into an argument and Antinous hits him with a stool. Peneolope hears about this and wants to meet the old man.

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After fighting another beggar and beating him near death a kind suitor gives him food. Odysseus tries to warn him of the coming onslaught and instead he stays because of Athena.

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Penelope greeted the guest ask the maid to gi e the beggar (Odysseus) a bath. He refuses and then the nurse starts to treat him. she recognizes a scar he got when he was a child and starts to see through his disguise.

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The suitors see signs of death. With the death incoming the suitors continue to plan Telemachus' murder. However, with signs showing death teh continue ignoring the omens.

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Penelope tells the suitors she will marry whoever can shoot through 12 axes with Odysseus' bow. They all fail other than Odysseus in disguise. In class we talked about how this bow is a sign of worthiness like Thors hammer.

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Odysseus' aims the arrow and takes takes at the suitors. The door gets locked and he starts a bloodbath. Telemachus kills the kind suitor as foretold.

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Penelope wakes up and doesn't believe it until she sees Odysseus. He proves it's him by knowing the bed is immovable but is worried about what will happen after he just killed the young men of Ithaca.

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With the families of Ithaca mad they are ready to storm the palace when Athena convinces them to relax and Odysseus takes place as the leader of the people.