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Odysseus was a smart man that lived a normal and peaceful life. Then one day the goddess Athena spoke to him and told him that his intellect was needed in the trojan war

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You will not find textual evidence about Athena/refusing the call. However, you do need to explain Athena's role in his decision to sail to Troy and fight the Trojans. This information was discussed in class and can be found in your Flipbook.

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Athena had a huge role in the odyssey because she advised and helped odysseus throughout the whole odyssey.  Cersei's role in the story was helpful but also not. She helped him by giving him the magic herb but she also negatively affected him by turning his men into pigs.  "gives advice on how to avoid the dangers he will face" (Homer 673).He tells him to not eat Helios cows and warns him. "You'll find the grazing herds of helios by whom all things are seen" (homer 641).

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Crossing the Threshold (The Land of the Dead) 

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Crossing the Threshold (The Land of the Dead) 

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When Odysseus enters the land of the dead he soon has to make offerings of cows and also a black lamb which is the prized possession in his herd. The souls of the dead and also the gods. He see's his mother, which he had no knowledge of her death until she visited him there. But he also soon see's Teiresias. He tells Odysseus that his future will be full of hardships, but he will make it home to Ithaca, also that soon his adventure will lead him to Helios island, and he will see his cattle grazing in the field and not to kill them. Odysseus thanks him for telling him his destiny and continues his journey to Helios island where the cattle graze.

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The battle of Cicones  was when after the trojan war odysseus landed on an island and his men attacked the people there. Some of those people went to go grab reinforcements which resulted in the loss of a lot of soldiers.''inland, running to call to arms the main force of Cicones.''

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The lotos eaters were people who were addicted to the lotus flowers which were like a drug. not only a drug but the most addictive drug in the world. "we reached the country of the Lotus-eaters, a race that eat the flowery Lotus fruit" (Homer 82).

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In the Cyclops the god Poseidon and Zeus were involved in this episode " In these words he prayed and the god heard him". " I slew him by the seaside and burnt his long thighbones to Zeus beyond the storm could, Cronus son, who rules the world. But Zeus disdained my offering destruction for my ships he had in store and death for those who sailed them." What Greek value was violated was the Greek value of hospitality because the Cyclopes tried to eat Odysseus and his men.

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Odysseus and his men travel to Aeolia, where King Aeolus gives them a sack filled with three of the four winds, except for the west wind. "When they are near home, Odysseus's men open the sack, letting loose a storm that drives them back to Aeolia." (Homer 528) The king told them that they were bad at listening to his instructions.

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They soon get in a fight and have to fight them but they escape with only one ship. "A race of cannibals" (Homer 529).

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In the Defeat of CIrce Odysseus, his men have to sail to Aeolia where the goddess Circe who transformed half of odysseus men into pigs is. He tells her to change them back. The Greek value violated was hospitality because Circe changed his men and she held Odysseus prisoner while they were her guests.

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When they are sailing they run into the Sirens who sing a deadly song. So odysseus makes his men put earwax in their ears so they can't hear the song. He also makes them tie him up so he can resist the song. " if i shout and beg to be untied, take more turns of the rope and muffle me."

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Another greek value that was upheld was leadership, because he took the ship to Scylla. Where it would cause less damage to the whole crew and Scylla can only take a few crewmates at a time. "Then Scylla made her whisking six of my best men from the ship." (Homer 809) Scylla soon had a meal of the men and he soon moved on with the rest of his crew.

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Zeus was the god that appeared in this episode. " Zeus shrouded land and sea in a night of storm; so, just as Dawn with fingertips rose."(Homer 945) There was no Greek value violated.

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Helios the son gods is involved and he told Odysseus and his men to not eat his cattle. " The cattle here are not for our provision, or we pay dearly for it." The greek value of Hospitality was violated by Odysseus men because they ate Helios cattle even though he told him not too.

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The Phaeacians agree to give Odysseus a ride back to Ithaca."the next day Phaeacian nobleman conduct him home by ship. He arrives home in Ithaca after an absence of twenty years." (Homer 998).Telemachus is Odysseus son and has been waiting for his return just like his mom penelope.

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the suitors took over his home and tried to take his wife and kill his son. " I came to this wild place, directed by Athena, so that we might lay plans to kill our enemies. Count of the suitors for me."

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The greek god involved was Athena she helped him fight the suitors and take back his home. As Odysseus took his revenge he killed their best fighter. " I came to this wild place, directed by Athena, so that we might lay plans to kill our enemies."

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This part of the story is about odysseus trip going back home. it also talks about how the phaeacians took him back to ithaca and how he would kill the suitors. "I came to this wild place, directed by Athena, so that we might lay plans to kill our enemies."

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The reward he got is that he got to go back to his home with his family. he was also young again.He also gets his people and kingdom as well. Another reward he got is that he gets to have revenge on the suitors. "The man is implacable. Now that he's got his hands on a bow and quiver he'll shoot from the big doorstone there until he kills us to the last man." (Homer 1475)

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Odysseus has earned the title hero because o the multiple heroic traits he has displayed. An example of intelligence is how he figured out that putting wax in his men's ears would save them from the sirens song. An example of bravery is how he had the balls to walk up to the cyclops and have a conversation with him. he displayed Leadership by taking responsibility for his men and telling them what would happen if they ate the sun god's cattle.