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Odysseus' ordinary world is "on the peaked side of Ithaca" (Homer line 21) with his wife (Penelope) and his son (Telemachus).  Throughout the story he is trying to get back to Ithaca.

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Oddyseus' call to adventure is going to the Trojan War away from his home in Troy. Oddyseus did not want to leave and pretended to be mentally ill so he would not have to fight and they make him go anyway

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In the Oddysey Odysseus had 3 mentors. Athena is his main mentor from the Cyclopse episode until the end of the end of the story. Circe advises him how to get passed Scylla & Charybdis. Teiresias tells him his future/destiny

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Odysseus' first crossing of the Threshold was the Land of the Dead. In the Land of the Dead Odysseus is searching for the blind prophet Teiresias. Teiresias tells Odysseus his destiny. While he is in the Land of The Dead he sees Elpanor.

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The firs test Odysseus must face is Battle of the Cicones.

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The 2nd of Odysseus' test in the Odyssey if the Lotus Eaters. "No one taste the Lotus, or you lose your hope of home" (Homer line 112) Odysseus sent men out looking for food and some ate the Lotus flower never came back.

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Odyssues' 3rd test in the Odyssey is being captured by Polyphemus (Cyclops). In this episode Odysseus and his men are captured by Polyphemus in a cave. Polyphemus is a 50 foot giant with one eye. Odysseus shows the greek value of courage and wisdom by coming up with a plan to kill Polyphemus and execute it. "I drove my big hand spike deep in the embers, charring it again, and cheered my men along with battle talk to keep their courage up" (Homer line 323)

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"Odysseus and his men sail to Aeolia, where Aeolus, king of the winds sends Odysseus on his way with a gift: a sack containing all the winds except the favorable west winds" (Homer pg 576) Odysseus' men open the sack of winds and get sent all the way back to Aeolia.

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The Laestrygonians are a "race of cannibals" (Homer pg 576). The Laestrygonians destroy Odysseus' ships except the one he is sailing in.

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Odysseus and his men go to the island Circe lives on, Aeaea. When they arrived on the island she "Transforms half the men to swine" (Homer) Except for Odysseus since he was protected by the magic herb.

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In the Sirens chapter Odysseus  "The Sirens, who lure sailors to their destruction" (Homer pg 580) The sound of Sirens instantly make you want to kill yourself. To combat this, Odysseus tells his crew to put bees wax in their ear while they time him to a post on the ship with no bees wax. He tells his men to not let him down no matter what. This shows the greek of extreme bravery

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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In the Chapter Scylla & Charybdis Odysseus and his men have to sail between 2 sea monsters. Scylla is a 6 headed sea monster while Charybdis is a huge whirlpool."But I sent them on toward Scylla" (Homer line 283). This is another example of Odysseus being extremely courages.  Odysseus was advised by Circe to stay closer to Scylla because he would only lose 6 men. If he was caught up by Charybdis his whole crew would die.

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"I have been detained long by Calypso, loveliest among goddesses, who held me in her smooth caves to be her heart's delight" (Homer line 30). Ten years after the Trojan War, Odysseus departs from the island Calypso lives on.

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Odysseus has 3 main allies. The first ally is the Phaeacians." He arrives in Phaeacia, ruled by Alcinous. Alcinous offers a ship to Odysseus and asks him to tell of his adventures."(Homer pg 1) His next ally is his son Telemachus . Telemachus helps his father kill the Suitors who are living in his home. " Telemachus, after the blow his father bore, sat still without a tear, though his heart felt the blow.
Slowly he shook his head from side to side, containing murderous thoughts. (Homer line 1260). His last ally is Eumaeus. "Eumaeus crossed the court and went straight forward into the megaron6 among the suitors: but death and darkness in that instant closed the eyes of Argus, who had seen his master,
Odysseus, after twenty years."

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Odysseus' only enemy is the suitors. Odysseus comes home to a group of men in his house called the "Suitors" all trying to marry his wife who thinking he is dead. Athena disguises him as a beggar and the Suitors are show 0 hospitality towards him. "Aided by Athena, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and other faithful herdsmen kill all the suitors."

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The ordeal is the biggest life or death crisis to Odysseus and his men was the episode of Cattle of the Sun Gods. Odysseus was told to not eat any cattle. Odysseus left to talk to Helios while his men ate the cattle, breaking the greek value of greed.

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Odysseus' revenge was the supreme ordeal. This is his last real test before his journey is over. The suitors are in his house trying to marry his wife Penelope. "Now shrugging off his rags the wiliest fighter of the islands leapt and stood on the broad doorsill, his own bow in his hand."(Homer line 1410)

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Odysseus reward was returning back to Ithaca after 20 years away.

“Twenty years gone, and I am back again …” (Homer) said Odysseus after his long journey back to Ithaca, Penelope, and Telemachus.

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The Phaeacians help him get back to Ithaca but his journey is not over yet. He was still disguised and had not revealed his true identity as Odysseus to the Suitors.