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All the Gods are at a feast and they all end up talking about Odysseus and if they think he should be set free or not.

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Athena decides to go to Odysseus Court to talk to Odysseus's Son- Book 1

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Athena decides to go to Odysseus Court to talk to Odysseus's Son- Book 1

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Athena (who wants Odysseus to be able to return home) decides to go to the dinner that Odysseus's son (Telemachus) is hosting and talk to him about his father.

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Telemachus talks about the dinner- Book 1

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Telemachus talks about the dinner- Book 1

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Telemachus talks about how his father is not home and how he is sad, and that he doesn't want to have this dinner with all of the suitors.

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Athena talks about Telemachus about finding Odysseus- Book 1

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Athena talks about Telemachus about finding Odysseus- Book 1

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Athena talks to Telemachus about his father, and how Athena is trying to find him. And Athena convinces Telemachus to try and find his father.

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Athena Convinces Telemachus that he should be King- Book 1

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Athena Convinces Telemachus that he should be King- Book 1

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While talking to Telemachus, Athena convinces him that he should take his fathers place and not the suitors that are at the dinner. And because of this he kicked all of the suitors out of his home.

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Telemachus calls the greeks to council and most of them are the suitors that were at his house. (Reader Note: Maybe this shows that Telemachus is becoming more of a man and taking control)

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During the council meeting,Telemachus tells the suitors that if they keep attacking him trying to marry his mother he will loose all his wealth. But the suitors get mad and blame the mother for not wanting to marry them.

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Telemachus decides to go find his father.- Book 2

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Telemachus decides to go find his father.- Book 2

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Telemachus decides to ask for help to find his father, and says to the suitors that if his father is dead one of them will be allowed to marry his mother.( Readers note: Telemachus had some character development and started to grow up)

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Athena gets people to come on the journey with Telemachus and they board a ship and is starts to head towards the house of Nestor.

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Telemachus and Athena arrive before Nestor to get answers about Odysseus because Nestor never lies. Nestor is feasting with his family and envites them to eat with his family.(Readers Note: How do we know that Nestor will not lie?)

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Telemachus asks Nestor about his father- Book 3

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Telemachus asks Nestor about his father- Book 3

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Nestor is asked about Odysseus and then tells Telemachus what happened. He says that after they were done fighting Zeus would not let them leave so then Odysseus sailed back to make peace with Agamemnon, but Nestor fled so they got separated so he does not know what happened to Odysseus.

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Nestor suggested that Telemachus goes to Menelaus. - Book 3

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Nestor suggested that Telemachus goes to Menelaus. - Book 3

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After Nestor tells them everything he knows, he suggests that they go to Menelaus because he is honest and would not lie.

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Nestor makes them stay the night- Book 3

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Nestor makes them stay the night- Book 3

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Telemachus tries to get on his journey right away but Nestor makes them stay the night, then once morning came Nestor sent his son to escort Telemachus to Menelaus.

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Telemachus and Nestors son arrived at Menelaus's house. When they arrived they found him hosting a wedding party for his children. Telemachus was in awe at Menelaus's house and how it was so magnificent that it looked like a house Zeus would own.

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When talking to Menelaus, Menelaus talks and Telemachus is reminded of his father and starts to cry. Then Helen, Menelaus's wife joins them at dinner.

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After everyone went to sleep, the next morning Menelaus went to Telemachus and asked him why he is really here, Telemachus responds with him asking about his father. (Readers Note: Is Menelaus not a little bit suspicious of Telemachus?)

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Beginning of the Menelaus's Story- Book 4

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Beginning of the Menelaus's Story- Book 4

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After Telemachus tells Menelaus about his father, Menelaus begins to tell him what happened. He was stuck somewhere at sea for 20 days and there was no wind to help him sail. Then Eidothea (child of Proteus) tells him that the sea god, Proteus was keeping Menelaus at sea.

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After Eidothea explains that Proteus is keeping Menelaus at sea, she tells Menelaus how to capture Proteus. She says that Proteus always sleeps in a cave surounded by seals, so he will have to take his three best men and dress them up as seals to get close to him. Once they get close enough they will have to hold the god down. But she warns him that Proteus will take on many animal forms to try and escape, but he must hold on. And once his gives up he will listen to you and answer your questions.

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After following Eidothea's instructions very carefully he contains Proteus and asks him why he is preventing him from leaving. Proteus says it is because Menelaus's didn't give enough offerings to Zeus, and tells him that he must go to Egypt and kill a hundred cows to be able to return home. And since Proteus knows everything, Menelaus asks him about what happened to the people he fought at Troy with (this includes Odysseus) (reader question: why did he not offer enough to the gods? isnt he really wealthy? Is he selfish?)

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After asking the question, Proteus answers with saying most of the people he fought with died. But he did tell Menelaus that he saw Odysseus crying near Calypso's chambers, and that Calypso traps Odysseus in her chambers and he can not return home.

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Menelaus Completes the Gods Request- Book 4

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Menelaus Completes the Gods Request- Book 4

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After hearing about what happened to his comrads he goes and completes the request that the god gave him to be able to return home. He goes to Egypt and kills 100 cows. Then he was allowed to return home.

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Menelaus gives Telemachus an Offer- Book 4

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Menelaus gives Telemachus an Offer- Book 4

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Menelaus insists that Telemachus stays the night and the next morning he will send him off with horses and a chariot. Telemachus says this is not needed. (Reader question: why did he not accept this?)

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Back at Odysseus's house the Suitors find out that Telemachus's journey is going well so they are mad. They are talking about how they are planning on killing him on his way home from the journey. Penelope overhears this and cries. Then Eurycleia confesses that she helped Telemachus start his journey. Then Antinous sets off with 20 men to kill Telemachus. After they leave Athena makes Penelope feel less distressed.

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The gods have a meeting and Zeus decides to set Odysseus free. He sends his son, Hermes to Calypso's cave to free him. Once Hermes got there Calypso envites him into her cave and she asks why he is here. Hermes answers with saying his father sent him here to free Odysseus. Calypso agrees, but Odysseus thinks it is a trick and says he will not get on the raft unless Calypso says that it is not a trick. She prepared him for the journey, and after Odysseus finished building his raft, he set sail and left Calypso.

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While Odysseus was sailing for home, Poseidon saw him on the raft and was angry that the gods made the decision to set Odysseus free with out him. So he sends a storm to Odysseus, and Odysseus is knocked off the raft, and begins to drown. But then he was able to reach his raft and save himself. Then a goddess Ino came before him and provided him with a scarf that she said would protect him from harm. He took off all his clothes in order to swim faster, and started swimming to land. He swam for 2 days and nights before reaching land. (Readers note: what was the reason for including the Ino scarf part? I don't think that was necessary to include in the story.)

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After getting to land, Odysseys returned Ino's scarf, and then went into the woods, and made a shelter for himself. He was finally able to rest.

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Athena goes to princess Nausicca -Book 6

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Athena goes to princess Nausicca -Book 6

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Athena goes to the castle with Nausicaa in it and tells her that her clothes are dirty and she needs to wash them. Then she goes to the beach where Odysseus is sleeping. Odysseus wakes up and asks for Nausicaa's help. Then she leads him into town, and once they get there she tells him to go to the king and queen and beg for mercy. There Odysseus prays that Athena protects him. She hears is pleas but decides not to go because she is afraid of Poseidon, so she doesn't help Odysseus.

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On his way to the palace, Odysseus is stopped Athena disguised as a girl, and says that she will protect him on his way to the palace. (Readers Notes:
What I noticed- Athena must have a reason for not telling Odysseus that she had traveled with his son to find him.
Why did she not tell him that his son was looking for him?)

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After Odysseus arrives at the palace, the people in the palace are holding a festival in honor of Poseidon. Then he meets up with the king and queen and the king thinks that he is a god, but Odysseus says he is mortal. Then after hearing his story the king and queen agree to help him return home, and promise that the next morning they will see him off with a new ship for him.

Readers notes: Why did the King think he was a god?

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Later that evening Arete, the mother of Nausicca recognizes the clothes that Odysseus is wearing as the clothes that she made for her daughter. Suspicious she questions him, and Odysseus answers with the story of when he was trapped by Calypso, and his interaction with her daughter. Arete is so impressed with Odysseus that she offers her daughters hand in marriage to him.

Readers notes:
was offering hands in marriage as a gift normal back then?

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The next morning the king got many sailors to accompany Odysseus on his journey. While on the ship, they feasted with a ton of food which the king provided, and they sang songs. They also played many sports. People asked Odysseus to play but Odysseus didn't want to. So people started mocking him, and then he finally gave up and played.

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On the ship a bard starts to sing a story about the gods, and how Aphrodite and Ares did the devils tango in Hephaestus bed. Then Hephaestus found this out and then set a trap in his bed for when the text time that they did the devils tango in his bed. Then he succesfuly trapped the both of them. Then all the other gods saw Aphrodite and Ares trapped and laughed at them. But Poseidon begged Hephaestus to let them go and he did.

Readers Note:
Why did the do the devils tango in someone else'd bed, why didn't they use their own bed damnit.

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After the Bard sang, the Kind said Odysseus was that bitch and super wise and decided to shower him with gifts, and they told him they hoped he reached home. Then Odysseus is invited into king Alcinous's house and once they are inside they hold a banquet (big shocker there) then they gave Odysseus with more gifts. Then he takes a back because he is a stinky little man and he is supper excited. Then while they are eating another bard sings a song about when he fought at troy. Then during the performance he cried like a little chicken. He tells the bard to stop sining.

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Odysseus decides to tell his whole life's story to the king. First the story talks about how him and his men killed the Cyclops on the island. He was trapped by the Cyclops and then made a plan to stab him in the eye and him and his men barely escaped.

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Odysseus and his crew end up on Circe's Island. Circe turns Odysseus's crew into pigs. Circe tries to but Odysseus under her spell but Odysseus doesn't fall for it. She is amazed at this and gives him hospitality. Then she changed his men back into men. Him and his men stayed with Circe for a year then decided to leave. Circe says that in order for him to be able to get back home he needs to do something. She tells him that he must go to the house of Hades and ask for the blind Tiresias for his advice.
Readers Notes:
Why would Circe turn his men into pigs? Why didn't she just kill them?
Also during this chapter I noticed that Circe gave Odysseus hospitality right after he wouldn't fall under her spell. So this must be rare for her to do it so willingly.

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After hearing what they have to do, Odysseus and his crew cried. But they set sail. First they had to have a blood sacrifice. So they end up sacrificing sheep blood. As soon as this happened spirits started to gather around the sacrifice. But Odysseus protected the blood, because he needed to save it for Tiresias. Many spirits gathered around the blood. Eventually Odysseus's mother came to the sacrifice. But he still protected the sacrifice. Then Tiresias came to the sacrifice, and then drank the blood. He tells Odysseus that he mist sail towards Thrinacia and he mist restrain from eating the cows there, then he can go home. But if he eats the cows disaster will come. Then Odysseus asks if the spirit of his mother can recognize him. Tiresias says that his mother must drink the sacrifice to be able to see him. So he lets his mother drink the blood. Then he asks his mom about his wife and son. She knows nothing. Then she tells Odysseus that she died because she missed him so much. Then Agamemnon comes as a spirit. Odysseus asks him how he died. He tells him how he died. Then he leaves the spirits.
Readers Notes:
I think that it was really unnecessary for the amount of spirits to come. Also wouldn't the blood run out because of the amount of spirits Odysseus gave the blood to?

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Once Odysseus came back from visiting the spirits he went to Circe. Circe was amazed that he was able to complete this task so she told him how to get home. She tells him that he must pass Sirens, then tells Odysseus that there are two ways to get home after that. One of the ways is the Wandering Rocks, and you must get through the rocks. She tells him that there is a creature that lives there and that they have to get through it. And near the other rock there is Charybdis that can suck up water and you don't want to get caught in that. Then once he passes that he will arrive at Thrinacia, and he must resist the cows there, and then he will be able to get home.

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Odysseus and his men set sail and make it to the sirens. They are successful and make it pass them. Then the approach the two rocks with Charybdis and Scylla. Then once they got there Odysseus followed Circe's instructions and held is course tight against the cliffs. They got distracted and 6 of his men were killed my Scylla's heads. Then once he escaped he managed to make it to the island Thrinacia. Him and his crew decided to rest there but a storm kept them at the beach for a month. But the crew decided to break the rules and they killed the cattle that was on the island. Because they did this, Zeus sent a huge storm towards their ship and it killed all his men and destroyed his ship. But Odysseus survived and ended up on Calypso's island. And that is the end of Odysseus's Story.

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After finishing telling his story to the king, Odysseus sets sail for home. Then once almost reaching Ithaca, Poseidon sees Odysseus's ship, and turns it into stone and the ship sinks. But people come to help and everyone is saved.

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Odysseus shows up back home and doesn't recognize the town. But Athena, disguised as a shepherd tells him that it is indeed Ithaca. Odysseus conceals his identity from Athena until she reveals her identity. Then Athena tells him that it is time for him to punish the suitors. She then tells him about Telemachus's journey, and then gives Odysseus a disguise so people won't recognize him.