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Odysseus' ordinary world is Ithaca where he lived with his wife and son,  "Laertes’ son, whose home’s on Ithaca!" (Homer 460).

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The call to adventure is when Odysseus is asked to fight in the Battle of Troy. Odysseus refused this call because he didn't want to fight in the war, "harried for years on end, after he plundered the stronghold on the proud height of Troy" (Homer 3-5). Athena convinced Odysseus to use his intelligence to help win the battle.

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Odysseus is helped significantly by his mentors. One of his mentors is Athena, Athena disguised him as a beggar "As for my change of skin,
that is a charm Athena, Hope of Soldiers, uses as she will" (Homer 1052-1053). Circe tells Odysseus what he must do to return home "Circe informs him that in order to reach home he must journey to the land of the dead, Hades, and consult the blind prophet Tiresias" (Homer). Tiresias warns Odysseus that he and his men should leave the cattle alone "the cattle of the sun god, which Tiresias has warned Odysseus not to harm" (Homer).

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Odysseus crossed over from Ithaca to The Land of the Dead. Circe tells Odysseus that he must cross over and go to Hades to talk to Tiresias to find out his destiny "in order to reach home he must journey to the land of the dead, Hades, and consult the blind prophet Tiresias" (Homer).

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Odysseus' first test was the Battle of the Cicones. The Cicones were well trained fighters who fought on horseback, "This was an army trained to fight on horseback" (Homer 52).

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In The Lotus Eater, nobody wanted to go home, everyone wanted to stay and eat the lotus flowers "but those who ate this honeyed plant, the Lotus, never cared to report, nor to return"(Homer 97).

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The Cyclops is when Odysseus and his men were introduced to Polyphemus. Polyphemus was violating the Greek values by not showing hospitality. Odysseus prayed to Athena to help them out. Odysseus and his men got away by stabbing Polyphemus in the eye and escaping when he let his sheep out. Once they were out Odysseus yelled "O Cyclops! Would you feast on my companions? Puny, am I, in a cave man’s hands? How do you like the beating that we gave you, you damned cannibal? Eater of guests under your roof!" (Homer 431-435). This violated the Greek Value of excessive pride.

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When they visit the island, Aeolus, king of the winds, gives Odysseus and his men a gift. This gift is a sack containing winds, it contains all the winds besides the west wind. Odysseus' men open the sack and this is when "Aeolus casts them out, having decided that they are detested by the gods" (Homer).

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After sailing for seven days they arrive in the land of the Laestrygonians, a land of cannibals. The Laestrygonians "destroy all of Odysseus’ ships except the one he is sailing in" (Homer). Odysseus manages to escape with the crew that he has left. The Laestrygonians violate the greek value of hospitality.

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After Odysseus and his men escape the Laestrygonians, they end up on the island of Aeaea. Circe is the ruler of this island. Circe transforms half of Odysseus's men into swine, Hermes gave Odysseus a magic herb that protected him from Circe's spell. Odysseus demands that Circe change them back. Before Odysseus left "Circe informs him that in order to reach home he must journey to the land of the dead, Hades, and consult the blind prophet Tiresias" (Homer).

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The Sirens lure in sailors and cause them to crash their ships on the rocky coast of the island. Circe tells Odysseus how to avoid some of the dangers he will encounter along the way. Odysseus puts beeswax into his crew's ears to keep them from hearing the sirens, he also tells his crew to tie him up.  "Therefore you are to tie me up, tight as a splint, erect along the mast, lashed to the mast, and if I shout and beg to be untied, take more turns of the rope to muffle me" (Homer 694-698).

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Scylla and Charybdis are sea monsters. Scylla is a six headed monster and Charybdis is a whirlpool. Odysseus demonstrates courage and bravery during this test "Friends, have we never been in danger before this? More fearsome, is it now, than when the Cyclops penned us in his cave? What power he had! Did I not keep my nerve, and use my wits to find a way out for us?" (Homer 776-770). Zeus helps Odysseus and his men "Zeus help us pull away" (Homer 776).

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Calypso fell in love with Odysseus and kept him in her caves for seven years "I shall not see on earth a place more dear, though I have been detained long by Calypso, loveliest among goddesses, who held me in her smooth caves to be her heart’s delight"           (Homer 28-30).

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Odysseus' allies are The Phaecians, Telemachus, and Eumaeus. The Phaecians took Odysseus home, "The next day, young Phaeacian noblemen conduct him home by ship" (Homer). Telemachus was Odysseus's son and helped him fight the suitors, "upon his father’s word Telemachus
ran to the room where spears and armor lay. He caught up four light shields, four pairs of spears, four helms of war high-plumed with flowing manes,
and ran back, loaded down to his father’s side" (Homer 1514-1518). Eumaeus also helped in the fight against the suitors, "Aided by Athena, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and other faithful herdsmen kill all the suitors" (Homer).

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Odysseus' main enemies are the suitors, "I came
to this wild place, directed by Athena, so that we might lay plans to kill our enemies.
Count up the suitors for me, let me know what men at arms are there, how many men" (Homer 1080-1084). Odysseus fights and kills all the suitors "Aided by Athena, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and other faithful herdsmen" (Homer).

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The ordeal was when Odysseus and his men came across the Cattle of the Sun God. They were warned by Tiresias to not harm the cattle but the crew didn't listen and ate the cattle anyways,  Odysseus' crew violated the greek value of respect by not respecting Helios's property and eating his cattle, "they killed and feasted on the cattle of Lord Helios" (Homer 13).

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Odysseus' revenge is on the suitors, When Odysseus arrives home he finds the suitors stealing his food, kidnapping his wife, trying to kill his son, and violating the greek value of hospitality. "Fight, I say, let’s remember the joy of it. Swords out!" (Homer 1479). Athena also helped Odysseus during this battle "Athena, counseling me, will give me word, and I shall signal to you, nodding: at that point round up all armor, lances, gear of war left in our hall, and stow the lot away back in the vaulted storeroom" (Homer 1134-1137).

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Odysseus is aided by the Phaecians on his journey home who "conduct him home by ship" (Homer 595). Odysseus' journey home also involves when he reveals his true identity.

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Odysseus' reward is getting his family and property back "Odysseus has regained his family and his kingdom" (Homer).

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Odysseus continuously shows the traits of being intelligent, brave, and loyal. Odysseus tells Polyphemus his name is "Nohbdy: mother, father, and friends, everyone calls me Nohbdy" (Homer 315-316). Odysseus is brave when he decides that they should attack Polyphemus "straight forward they sprinted, lifted it, and rammed it deep in his crater eye, and leaned on it turning it as a shipwright turns a drill in planking, having men below to swing the two-handled strap that spins it in the groove" (Homer 334-336). Odysseus is loyal because the whole time he was gone he stayed loyal to Penelope and didn't cheat "we should know how to locate good men among our hands the loyal and respectful" (Homer 1160-1162). Another example of Odysseus being intelligent is by knowing to hide on the sheep to escape Polyphemus "I took
the woolliest ram, the choicest of the flock, and hung myself under his kinky belly, pulled up tight, with fingers twisted deep in sheepskin ringlets for an iron grip. So, breathing hard, we waited until morning" (Homer 382-384).