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Odysseus' Ordinary world is located "... on the peaked sea-mark of Ithaca" ( Homer line 21)

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Odysseus' call to adventure was in the Battle of Troy, better known as the Trojan War. Odysseus refused the call. Athena convinced him to sail to troy and use his intelligence to defeat the Trojans

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Odysseus' mentors were Athena, Hermes, and Tiresias. Athena helped him by gifting an olive tree for defeating Polyphemus.
Hermes gave him a herb to protect him from Circes witchery and get him out of Calypsos island.
Tiresias was a blind prophet that helped Odysseus go home from the land of the dead and told him about the cattle of the sun gods.

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Odysseus crosses the threshold by going on a journey to the land of the dead. Before he goes Aeolus, god of winds gives him " a sack containing all the winds except the favorable west wind" ( Homer 527) When they were close to home, his men opened the sack and it blew them back to where they started.  When Odysseus got to the land of the dead, he finds one of his dead men, Circe, and Tiresias, a blind prophet who helped him get home.

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After the battle of the Trojans, Odysseus and his men set sail back to Ithaca but strong winds took them to the land of the Cicones. They raided the man city Ismarus,
"Killed the men who fought, plunder we took, and enslaved the women, to make division" (Homer 43-44).

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Odysseus and his men journeyed to the " ...coastlines of the Lotus-Eaters" (Homer 88). There lived a flower that whenever eaten, the desire to return home was gone. Some of his men ate the flower so he took them to the ship and tied them down so they wouldn't stay with the Lotus.

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Odysseus and his men found themselves in the land of the cyclops. They got trapped in a cave with a big cyclops named Polyphemus. They created a plan to get him drunk and stab his eye with a stake. Then they hid under rams to escape the cave.

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Odysseus and his men journey to Aeolia, where they find Aeolus, the god of wind. She gives Odysseus "a sack containing all the winds except for the favorable west wind" (Homer line 525).

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After visiting Aeolus, they "sail for seven days and arrive in the land of the Laestrygonians" (Homer line 525). The Laestrygonains were a race of cannibals that destroyed all of Odysseus' ships except for the one he was sailing in. Once him and his reduced crew escape, they reach Aeaea.

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When Odysseus get to Aeaea, they meet Circe. She ends up transforming half of his men into swine. Odysseus was protected by a magical herb and he tells circe to turn his men back to human form. A year later, when Odysseus leaves, Circe tells him he must venture to the land of the dead to consult the blinds prophet, Tiresias.

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Odysseus and his men had to pass through the land of the sirens. The problem is that the sirens let out a song that seduced sailors and led them to destruction. to avoid this, odysseus was tied up and his men covered their ears with wax.

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Circe warned Odysseus about Scylla and Charybdis. One was a monster and one created a whirlpool. They destroyed any sailor that passed by. Odysseus had to sacrifice 6 of his men to get out alive.

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Calypso was protecting Odysseus while Circe was "detaining him in her hall" (Homer line 33). Later in the story, Odysseus was escaping Scylla and Charybdis, to where Calypso lives and sings.

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Odysseus had many allies but the main ones were Phaeacians, Eumaeus, and Telemachus. Telemachus was his son, Eumaeus was a loyal servant in disguise for Odysseus.

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Odysseus' only real enemies were the suitors because they were taking over his home and trying to marry his wife. They were also stealing his food and not upholding greek values.

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The ordeal was the cattle of the sun gods. Tiresias told Odysseus about the dangers of harming the cattle. Odysseus told his men about the cattle and they agreed to not harm any of them. as days past, Odysseus' men grew very hungry and ended up Eating some of the cattle. The gods were very mad and punished Odysseus and his men.

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The supreme ordeal was the battle of the suitors. Suitors invaded Odysseus' home and were not following the greek values. He decided to fight the suitor and kill them, starting with Antinous.

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Odysseus went home disguised as a beggar to test hospitality and other greek values. when he returns home he faces conflict with the suitors.

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Odysseus' final reward is that he gets to return to Ithaca with his family