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Odysseus' ordinary world is " peaked sea-mark of Ithaca" (Homer line 21). Odysseus' lives on the island with his wife, Penelope and his son, Telemachus.

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In the call to adventure Odysseus' participation in the war is "learned the minds of many distant men...fought only to save his life, to bring his shipmates home" (Homer lines 7-10). Odysseus' role was to lead his crew to success in the war and to keep them all alive. Odysseus did not want to fight in the war; however, Athena convinced him to sail to Troy and use his intelligence to defeat the Trojans.

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Athena helped Odysseus throughout the journey especially in escaping Polyphemus " by some sheepherding whim or a god's bidding-non were left outside" (Homer lines 287-288).  Athena's role was essential in the success of Odysseus returning to Ithaca. Circe is one of the mentors that had helped Odysseus throughout the story " Circe informs him that in order to reach home he must journey to the land of the dead" (Homer Page 576). Circe guided him to eventually find Tiresias. Tiresias had told Odysseus what to expect when he arrives home "To find your own house filled with trouble: insolent men eating your livestock as they court your lady" (Homer lines 648-650). Tiresias has told Odysseus his destiny and what to expect to encounter on his adventure back to Ithaca.

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Crossing the Threshold (Land of the Dead)

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Crossing the Threshold (Land of the Dead)

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Odysseus is told by the goddess Circe to travel to the underworld, new world, to reach back to his home. While in the underworld he meet Elpenor which was left unburied and which they had violated proper burial "Elpenor, of our company, who lay unburied" (Homer lines 578-579). Odysseus also encountered his mother, Anticlea, in the underworld. Tiresias tells Odysseus what to do in order to get home " One narrow strait may take you through his blows: denial of yourself, restraint of shipmates... You'll find grazing herds of Helios... avoid those kine" (Homer lines 637-643).

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In the battle of the cicones episode Odysseus and his men had gotten drunk " My men were mutinous fools, on stores of wine" (Homer lines 47-48). Odysseus and his men were then swarmed by the Cicones on horseback, in which they had intentions to punish Odysseus and his men.

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In the lotus-eaters, Odysseus sent 3 of his men onto the island to figure out what the island was all about " Then I sent out two picked men and a runner to learn what race of men that land sustained" (Homer lines 92-94). Turns out Odysseus men were not going to come back any soon since the flowers they ate had made them lose sense of returning home.

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In the cyclops episode, Odysseus and his men travel to the land of the cyclopes where they find  Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. They were held captive in the cavern of Polyphemus. Polyphemus had violated hospitality by eating Odysseus' men " Cyclops went on to filling up his belly with man-flesh" (Homer line 241). As Odysseus' men were thinking of a way to escape, Odysseus had sent a prayer to Athena to send help "I pondered how to hurt him worst, if but Athena granted what I prayed for" (Homer lines 263-264). That night Polyphemus had brought all his sheep back into his cavern, and Odysseus had gotten Polyphemus drunk and then used an olive tree to make a spike, which he had stabbed him in his eye. After Polyphemus went blind and was letting his sheep out while Odysseus and his men rode on the bottom of them out of the cavern.

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In this episode, They sailed to Aeolia where he finds Aeolus who gives them a bag of winds " a sack containing all the winds except the favorable west wind" (Homer Page 576). Aeolus told Odysseus and his men not to open the bag of winds as a test of self restraint and cooperation. They end up opening the bag when they are near home and they end up getting blown back to Aeolia.

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Odysseus sailed for 7 days and came to the land of the laestrygonians. These people are cannibals. They violated the greek value of hospitality " These creatures destroy all of Odysseus' ships except the one he is sailing on" (Homer Page 576). This greek value was violated because you are not supposed to destroy your guests belongings.

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Odysseus had arrived to Aeaea where Circe lives. Circe had casted a spell upon the Odysseus and his men which turned them into pigs "She transforms half of the men into swine" (Homer Page 576). Before Crice has casted the spell, Hermes warns Odysseus and gives him a magical herb to be protected by Circe's spell. His men still are turned into pigs and Odysseus has to sleep with Circe to turn his men back into humans.

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In the Resisting the Sirens Odysseus was told by Circe what to expect on the journey back home " the Sirens, who lure sailors to their destruction" (Homer Page 580). In the episode Odysseus and his men were being tested, Odysseus had told them to tie him up to the pole and to keep tightening it if it gets loose. To prevent his men from hearing the Sirens, Odysseus covered his men's ears in beeswax. This was one of the first times we saw Odysseus' men obey his orders.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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In this episode Odysseus and his men had to pass Scylla and Charybdis. In the begging Odysseus shows great leadership by calming his men down as the were scared of what lies ahead "I walked up and down from bow to stern, trying to put heart into them, standing over" (Homer lines 763-764). The textual evidence also shows how Odysseus had courage to calm his men for what was getting ready to happen.  Circe told Odysseus who to pass through earlier in the story so Odysseus obeyed "I sent them on toward Scylla" (Homer line 783). Circe had sent them to Scylla because he could only lose 6 men that way. During the episode Scylla reaching its' head out to grab his men was compared to an analogy of a man fishing.

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In Escaping Calypso, Odysseus was detained by the goddess Calypso for 7 years " I have been detained long by Calypso" (Homer line 29). Odysseus doesn't really escape Calypso though. He had built his own ship to sail off on in which Calypso had let him.

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The allies that Odysseus has in the story are the Phaeacians, Telemachus, and Eumaeus. The Phaeacians help Odysseus by steering him in the right way back to home "Phaeacian noblemen conduct him home by ship" (Homer Page 595). Telemachus is Odysseus' son but he helped prepare to fight the suitors " round up all the armour...stow the ot away back in the vaulted storeroom...be soft in what you say" (Homer lines 1136-1140). Eumaeus helps Odysseus fight off the suitors " Aided by Athena, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and other faithful herdsmen kill all the suitors" (Homer Page 612).

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The enemies that Odysseus runs into in the Odyssey are the suitors. The suitors had tried to take over Ithaca while Odysseus was gone for 20 years "seeking the hand of his wife" (Homer Page 595). They had eating his cattle and tried taking his wife and ruling Ithaca from Odysseus. They also tried to kill his son Telemachus.

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The Ordeal, Cattle of the Sun god, Odysseus and his men are on the island of Helios' cows. Odysseus is told to not eat his cows or they will be punished. Odysseus was told to get a good sleep in and while he did his men had eaten some of Helios' cows. Zeus had then struck a lightning bolt onto the ship killing all but Odysseus "with a crack on crack of thunder Zeus let fly a bolt against the ship" (Homer lines 948-949). The reason Odysseus' ship was struck was because his men violated hospitality by eating Helios' cows " odors of burnt fat eddied around me" (Homer lines 897-898).

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In the Supreme Ordeal, Odysseus' revenge, Odysseus is helped by Athena to fight and kill the suitors "Aided by Athena" (Homer Page 612). In the Supreme Ordeal some of the suitors were pleading to odysseus not to kill them, but he still did in which showing bravery " drew his fist cruel head of an arrow for Antinous" (Homer line 1412).

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In Odysseus' journey home the Phaeacians help Odysseus get back. After he told King Alcinous about the journey, they helped him " The next day, young Phaeacians noblemen conduct him home by ship" (Homer Page 595. Odysseus also revealed his identity to the suitors after having excessive pride in who he really was.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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After 20 years of non stop chaos, and the final test Penelope put him through to prove he was Odysseus. Odysseus' reward was to finally be back together with his wife Penelope and son Telemachus "With eyes brimming in tears she ran to him" (Homer line 1595).

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In the Odyssey, Odysseus has shown he is an epic hero with his intelligence, bravery, and his leadership skills. His leadership skills were upheld in Scylla and Charybdis when his men were frightened for what was ahead "I walked up and down from bow to stern, trying to put heart into them, standing over" (Homer lines 763-764). If he weren't there his men would have all been scared to death and not prepared for what was about to happen. Odysseus bravery was shown when he was fighting the suitors " drew his fist cruel head of an arrow for Antinous" (Homer line 1412). If he had not killed the suitors they would have taken over Ithaca and his spot as a leader. One way Odysseus used his intelligence was when he had to escape Polyphemus and when he told him his "name" "My name is Nohbdy" (Homer line 315). This shows great intelligence because when they ask who stabbed Polyphemus' eye he said "Nohbdy" so they would not know who to punish.