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Itaca is the home of Odysseus where he has a wife named Penelope and his son, Telemachus. "My home is on the peaked sea-mark of Ithaca under Mount Neion's" (line 21-22)

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Odysseus was called to fight the Trojans war, then he refused the call because he didn't want to leave his family. Odysseus call to adventure begin with the Trojan war. When the trojans attack the Greeks, Odysseus must travel to Troy to lead the armies in battle. "After he plundered the stronghold on the proud height of troy." (line45)

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Odysseus got help from many people along the way. The people that encourage him made him stronger. Odysseus Mentor was Athena, she helped him transform him into an old beggar. " Nohbdy's my meat, then, after I eat his friends others come first. theres a noble gift, now" (lines 317-318)

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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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Odysseus finally committed to the Journey. He prepared to cross the gateway that separates the Ordinary World From the special world. The crossing required than accepting ones fear. " One shade came first--Elpenor,of our company, who lay unburied still on the wide earth as we had left him" (lines 578-580)

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When Odysseus ships sailing, the gods send wild windss to push them north into the land of Cicones. After winning the the first battle with the Cicones they got drunk and had feast. "The wind that carried west from IIium brought me to Ismarus,on the far shore, a strongpoint on the coast of Cicones." (lines 41-42)

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Odysseus shows his loyalty and that he won't leave a man behind. The ones who eat the "lotus fruit" forget about returning home, Odysseus dragged his sailors to the ship and ties them to their oars so they could escape the Lotus Eaters island. " I might have made it safely home, that time, but as I came round Malea the current took me out to sea, and from the north" (lines 82-84)

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While the cyclops was out with his sheep, Odysseus sharpened a piece of wood and hardens it in the fire, then he give the cyclops wine to get him drunk, and tells the cyclops his name was "Nobody". After the cyclops falls asleep, Odysseus blinds him with the hardened stake. " I would not let you go for fear of Zeus- you or your friends--unless I had a whim to. Tell me, where was it, now, you left your ship-- around the point , or down the shore, I wonder." ( lines 222-224)

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Aeolus gives Odysseus a bag containing all of the winds, and then stirs up a westerly wind to guide Odysseus and his crew home. During the ten days, they were seen in Ithaca. " Him and calls his delays "madness" is Odysseus persuaded to leave Circles realm ( 519-520)

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When Odysseus and his men land on the island native to the Laestrygones, the giants pelt odysseus ships with boulders sinking all but Odysseus own ship. " I'd rather slave on earth for another man, than rule down here over all the breathless dead." ( lines 556-558)

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Young man tells Odysseus to eat an herb called "moly to protect" himself from Circe's drug and then lunge at her when she tries to strike him with her sword. " Zeus help us pull away before we founder" (line 776)

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Odysseus was curious to what the sirens would sang to him. The sirens fling themselves into the sea and are drowned. The sirens had a beautiful singing voices and were gifted, their musical talent that it was said they could even calm the winds. " The lovely voices in ardor appealing over the water made me crave to listen, and I tried to say Untie me!" ( lines 7745- 747)

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Odysseus faced both Scylla and Charybdis while rowing through a narrow channel. He ordered his men to avoid Charybdis, then forcing them to pass near Scylla, ended in the deaths of six of his men. " '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?" (lines 766- 770)

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The cyclops polyphemus traps Odysseus and his men in a cave, behind a big rock. the cyclops are the only ones strong enough to move the rock, so odysseus cant escape but that doesnt stop odysseus from escaping. while cyclops is out with his sheep, odysseus sharpens a piece of wood into a stake and hardens it in the fire. " I might gave made it safely home, that time, but as I came round Malea the current took me out to sea, and from the north" ( lines 82-84)

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Odysseus comes across multiple allies, his allies were Telemachus , Eumaeus and Phaeacians. " Alcinous offers a ship to Odysseus" (lines 90)

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The suitors are the wife and his son of Odysseus. Penelope and Telemachus were busy fending off a group. There are over a hundred of these guys appearing at the home of Penelope and Telemachus while Odysseus is gone.

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Odysseus makes his crew to pass the island of the sun god, they went after the cattle when Odysseus went off on his own and fell asleep. The when Odysseus woke up from his nap he went down to check and caught his crew eating the cattle that they slaughtered. " old shipmates our stores are in the ships hold, food and drink; the cattle here are not for our provision, or pay dearly for it." ( 838-840)

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Odysseus getting back to his peaceful home of Ithaca and reuniting with his family is the ordeal of Odysseus. He cant do that, first he has to drive the careless suitors from his once proud household. " And ah! how long, with what desire, I waited! till, at the twilight hour, when one who hears and judges pleas" (lines 988-980)

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Hermes persuades Calypso to let Odysseus build a ship to leave. The homesick hero sets sail, but when poseidon, god of the sea, finds him sailing him, he sends a storm to wreck Odysseus ship. "Once through the strait nine days I drifted in the open sea before I made shore, buoyed up by the gods" ( lines 988-990)

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Odysseus receives passage home, Odysseus returns home to find his wife is being courted by many suitors. Odysseus is patient and dresses as a beggar to test his wife loyalty. He learns she has been faithful, and their union is restored.

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Odysseus is considered a hero because he was brave, intelligence, physical strength. Odysseus went through ups and downs but he kept going and trying to push his men through the journey. Also known for his ability to think himself out of tough situations. " nut why tell the same tale that I told last night in hall to you and your lady? those adventures made a long evening, and I do not hold with tiresome repetition of a story." (lines 993-997)