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Odysseus's home is "on the peaked sea-mark of Ithaca" (Homer line 21). He has a wife named Penelope and a son named Telemuchus.The protagonist of this story is a epic hero going on a long hard journey.

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Odysseus did not want to participate in the war. Athena convinced him to sail to Troy and uses his intelligence to defeat the Trojans.

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Odysseus is taken to the Land of the Dead or the "new world". The goddess Circe had told Odysseus to travel to Hades and " ...consult the blind prophet Tiresias" to find out his destiny (Homer). Odysseus had violated the Greek value of death he had seen "Elpenor, of our company...lay unburied still on the wide earth" (Homer Lines 578-579).

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Odysseus is called to take battle at Troy and to help the Greeks. Athena the goddess of wisdom and war was there to help him and guide him to Troy to be victorious. After his battle at Troy he met with the Phaeacians and told them of "sailing...from Troy" (Homer line 48).

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Odysseus and his men sail to "Ismarus, on the far shore, a strong point of the coast of the Ciconians" (Homer lines 42-43). There they honored the Greek value of death, broke the Greek value of hospitality and " So doomed appeared to us, dark word of Zeus for us, our evild days" (Homer Lines 55-56)

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Odysseus and his men travel to " the coastline of the Lotus-Eaters , who live upon that flower" (Homer lines 88-89). Odysseus send two of his men out onto the island showing his intelligence. Soon enough the men don't come back and Odysseus has to rescue them from the Lotus-Eaters.

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The "next land we found were Cyclopes, giants louts, without a law" (Homer lines 109-110). Odysseus had the help from his mentor, Athena while trying to escape the Cyclops Polyphemus. Polyphemus had broken the Greek value of hospitality and Odysseus had taken his eye and says " If ever a mortal man inquire how you were put to shame..tell him Odysseus...took your eye!" (Homer lines 458-459). Polyphemus was not too happy about that and called his father Poseidon "the god of earthquake" (Homer line 473) to help him. Odysseus had been cursed to not be home for a long time and his men will all die in the process of the journey home.

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"Odysseus and his men sail to Aeolia, where Aeolus king of the winds" (Homer) lives. Aeolus gives Odysseus and his men a test, Odysseus is handed a bag of the winds. he must not open the bag at all otherwise he will infuriate the gods even more. His men opens the bag and a wild storm is let out leaving them back at the island where they started. Aeolus didn't help them afterwards and only warned them to shape-up otherwise they'll make the gods madder than needed.

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Odysseus and his men arrive at "the land of the Laestrygonians" (Homer) where all of his ships are destroyed except for the one Odysseus is on.

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Odysseus and his men reach "Aeaea, the island ruled by the sorceress- goddess Circe" (Homer). Circe turns all his men into pigs but Odysseus makes it because he has the special herb Hermes, the messenger of the gods, gave him. Hermes also gives him information on how to stop her and to inform him about his son, Telemachus.

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Odysseus was given the test of the sirens, he had to sail all the way past them but only he could hear their songs of death. To help defend his shipmates he "...carved a massive cake of beeswax into bits and rolled them in my hands..." (Homer lines 708-709) The god Helios " lord of high noon" (Homer line 711) or god of the sun helped Odysseus roll the beeswax into earplugs for his men.to help shield their ears from the Sirens song.

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Odysseus and his men have travelled for a long time and are caught in a storm "driven by Zeus" (Homer line 83).

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Odysseus had been captured by the goddess Calypso, "lives and sings there, in her beauty..." (Homer line 992) and was held at here island as a captive. He had been there for 7 years until the gods decided otherwise. She had broken a rule in their book, she had held someone captive against their will on her island.

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Odysseus's allies were Telemachus, " uncomprehending, wild..." (Homer line 1037) his son. Telemachus fought side by side with him against the suitors along with Eumaeus. " His cowherd..." (Homer line 1509) the Phaeacians were another group who had allied with Odysseus. They had "...conduct him home by ship" (Homer) back to Ithaca.

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The Suitors, " my lords and suitors of the famous queen" were his only major enemies in the story. They had eaten all his food, tried to take his wife and home then tried to kill his son.

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The cattle of the sun god was the biggest ordeal because all of Odysseus's men had died because they had " cut the noblest of these cattle" (Homer line 868) and killed the sun god Helios's moo moos. Helios had gotten so mad he threatened to take the sun away from good leaving Zeus to crush the last of Odysseus's ships and take all of his men's lives.

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The Suitors had become the supreme ordeal when Odysseus, Telemachus and Eumaeus had to take down 100 or so strong suitors. First Odysseus had taken his revenge when he "shrugging off his rags in the wiliest..." (Homer lines 1406)  and completed Penelope's test all dressed as a beggar. Then Odysseus and his allies took down the "yellow dogs" (Homer line 1439) and took his home back for good.

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Odysseus's only reward was he "has regained his family and his kingdom" (Homer). The journey home was by the help of the Phaeacians, "...ruled by Alcinous"  (Homer).

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His mentors was Athena when she " ...granted what he had prayed for" (Homer line 265) and gave him the sheep as a way to escape Polyphemus. Circe helped Odysseus by informing him that to "reach home...he must journey to the Land of the Dead..." and consult the blind prophet Tiresias. Tiresias informs Odysseus about his " ...only son, Telemachus" (Homer line 597) and then tells him of his destiny.