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Stage: Apotheosis/Reward (The hero takes possession of the treasure won by facing death. There may be celebration, but there is also danger of losing the treasure again.

Application: Alcinous gives gift of a ship to return to Ithaca

"With this  episode, Odysseus ends the telling of his tale to King Alcinous," (Book 12). After telling King Alcinous the tale of his journey, the king presented him with rich gifts and presented him a ship for his travel home.

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Stage: Crisis/The Ordeal/Revelation (Near the middle of the story, the hero enters a central space in the Special World and confronts death or faces his or her greatest fear.

Application: Calypso

"He eventually drifts to Ogygia, the  home of Calypso, who keeps him on her island for seven years," (Book 12). Out of the 10 years in which he was gone, the most time that he spent in one place was here on Calypso's island where we was held as a guest. The only reason she let Odysseus go was because Hermes told her to.

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Stage: Magic Flight/Result

Application: Trip home to Ithaca with Phaeacians' guidance, known for their sailing expertise

The Phaeacians sailors, seeing that Odysseus was sleeping, left him on the Ithacan shore and departed. But Poseidon resented the way they had helped Odysseus and changed the ship and crew to stone.

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Stage: Approach (The hero and newfound allies prepare for the major challenge in the Special World)

Application: Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis

"Odysseus and his men return to Circe’s island. While the men sleep, Circe takes Odysseus aside to hear about the underworld and to offer advice," (Book 12). Circe informed Odysseus of the obstacles ahead and how to deal with them as well as the risks and consequences.

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Stage: Trials (The hero is tested and sorts out allegiances in the Special World)

Application: Cyclopes

'"Stranger, you are a simple fool, or come from far off, when you tell me to avoid the wrath of the gods or fear them. The Cyclopes do not concern themselves over Zeus of the aegis, nor any of the rest of the blessed gods, since we are far better than they […]."' (9.273-287). This was one of Polyphemus's lines when he first met Odysseus. Later on, the two did not get on as friends and Odysseus had planned to blind the Cyclops to escape his island while tricking him into thinking that Odysseus's name was "Nohbdy."

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Stage: Return (About three fourths of the way through the story, the hero is driven to complete the adventure, leaving the Special World to be sure the treasure is brought him. Often a chase scene signals the urgency and danger of the mission.

Application: Odysseus returns to Ithaca

Odysseus wandered into the hut of the swineherd Eumaeus and stayed there for awhile until his son, Telemachus, came one day. He was disguised as a beggar at that time. The two reunited and came up a plan to take back their home.

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Stage: New Life (At the climax, the hero is severely tested once more on the threshold of home. He or she is purified by a last sacrifice, another moment of death and rebirth, but on a higher and more complete level. By the hero's action, the polarities that were in conflict at the beginning are finally resolved.

Application: Fight off Suitors

Odysseus passed Penelope's challenge of firing an arrow through 12 rings and revealed his tru identity to the suitors. He and Telemachus then fought off the suitors. In the end, the suitors and the palace maids who slept with them were gone.

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Stage: Resolution

Application: Back with Penelope, makes amends with Gods

Having set his house in order, Odysseus then revealed himself to Penelope, who had kept to her chamber. The two were happily reunited.

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Stage: Departure (Special World)

Application: Departs FROM Troy after the war

From Troy, Odysseus and his men made way through the vast sea to arrive at the Island of Cicones and the Land of the Lotus Eaters, where they begin to encounter some trouble....

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Stage: Assistance/Spiritual Guidance

Application: Athena assists idea for Trojan Horse (Iliad)

Upon departure, Athena lends guidance on how to outsmart the people of Troy. As a result, the Trojan Horse was created, the Trojans thought the Horse was a gift and thought the Greeks retreated. However, it was actually an ambush.

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Stage: Call to Adventure

Application: Call to go to Trojan War (Iliad)

Odysseus was one of the chosen heroes that was summoned to help King Menelaus retrieve his wife, Helen, back from Paris of Troy.

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Stage: Status quo

Application to The Odyssey: Home in Ithaca (Iliad)

Where the journey starts. Greek king of Ithaca. Promises his wife, Penelope, and his son, Telemachus, to return home from his voyage by the time Telemachus becomes a man and started to grow his beard.