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Odysseus' ordinary world is located in Ithaca, Greece, where Odysseus describes it "on the peaked sea-mark of Ithaca" (Homer line 21). Odysseus also lives with his wife, Penelope, and his son, Telemachus.

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Odysseus did not want to participate in the war. The goddess Athena convinced him  to sail to Troy and use his intelligence to defeat the Trojans.

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Odysseus' main mentors are Athena (shown above), Circe, and Tiresias. Athena is considered a mentor for Odysseus because she helps and guides Odysseus. "Aided by Athena, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and other faithful herdsmen kill all the suitors" (Homer 612). Circe is a mentor because she gives advice on how to get back home. "The goddess reveals his course to him and gives advice on how to avoid the dangers he will face" (Homer 580). Tiresias is also a mentor because he tells Odysseus about his future. "Anguish lies ahead; the god who thunders on the land prepares it" (Homer lines 633-634).

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After meeting with the goddess Circe on Aeaea, Odysseus enters the Land of the Dead, Hades. Circe tells Odysseus that he needs to "consult to the blind prophet, Tiresias" (Homer 576). In this time, Odysseus violates a greek value, death. Odysseus left "Elpanor of our company,... unburied" (Homer lines 578-579).

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Odysseus tells his story of his past to the Phaeacians. He tells them "I have been detained long by Calypso, loveliest among goddesses" (Homer lines 29-30). 7 years later, he'd been rescued by Circe, the enchantress. Next, he tells them about the battle of the Cicones. Winds took Odysseus and his crew to Ilium, the coast of a strongpoint of Cicones. Odysseus violated the greek value of hospitality when he killed the Cicones. "I stormed that place and killed the men who fought" (Homer line 43).

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Zeus, the god of all gods, "roused in the north a storm against the ships" (Homer lines 70-71).  He sent Odysseus to the land of the Lotus-Eaters, where Odysseus sent two of his men and a runner to check out what the land offered. The chosen men fell in to the Lotus-Eaters. The greek value of hospitality was upheld when the Lotus-Eaters "showed no will to do us harm, only offering the sweet Lotus to our friends" (Homer lines 95-96). They all declined and went back to the ship, all except the Lotus-Eaters and the chosen men.

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Leaving the land of the Lotus-Eaters, Odysseus and his men take place where the Cyclops live. They are well known for not being polite and do not care to show the greek value of hospitality. "Cyclops have no muster and no meeting, no consultation or old tribal ways" (Homer lines 116-117). Soon, Odysseus and his men are imprisoned by the Cyclops. Odysseus comes up with a plan to kill the large Cyclops, Polyphemus. He says, "And now I pondered how to hurt him the most, if but Athena granted what I prayed for" (Homer lines 263-264). He needs some sort of a weapon to strike Polyphemus' eye. Odysseus created a hand spike to ram into the Cyclops' eye. When the cave was open, Odysseus and his men ran and escaped to the ship to go back to sea.

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Odysseus and his men get back to sea, and sail towards Aeolia. There, the king of the winds, Aeolus, lives. Odysseus is sent back with a gift: "a sack containing all the winds except the favorable west wind" (Homer 576). Sailing the sea, Odysseus' men open the sack, which sets a storm, which takes them back to Aeolia. "Aeolus casts them out, having decided that they are detested by the gods" (Homer 576).

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Sailing for seven days, they arrive in the land of the Laestrygonians, where a race of cannibals dwell on ships. Violating the greek value of hospitality, "These creatures destroy all of Odysseus' ships except the one he is sailing in" (Homer 576). Odysseus, with a fraction of his crew remaining, the escape back on the sea.

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Odysseus and his crew get to Aeaea, where Circe, the sorceress-goddess, rules. When Odysseus and his men get to Circe, she "transforms half of the men into swine" (Homer 576). Shen then turns them back into human form after Odysseus demands her. Circe tells Odysseus in order to get  home, he must travel to the land of the dead and talk to the blind prophet Tiresias. Odysseus returns to Circe's island, where she gives advice to avoid dangers of the sea to get a safe way back to home.

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One of the threats that Circe warns Odysseus about is the Sirens. "The goddess reveals his course to him and gives advice on how to avoid the dangers he will face: the Sirens" (Homer 580). These Sirens are no good and lure sailors for destruction. Before the Sirens sing their song, Odysseus orders his men to him up and all put beeswax in their ears so they can't hear the song. Now that the Sirens are gone, they can take out the beeswax and untie Odysseus.

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More threats that Circe warn Odysseus about is Scylla and Charybdis. Scylla, the six-headed sea monster is nearby and Odysseus and his crew knows. Odysseus hopes that Zeus will come to help before they die. "Zeus help us pull away before we flounder" (Homer line 776). Charybdis, the whirlpool, is just by Scylla, so the stakes are higher. The greek value of bravery is upheld when Odysseus challenges Scylla. "That was all, and it brought them round to action" (Homer line 584). After dodging attempts to strike the ship and loss of men, Odysseus passes Scylla and Charybdis.

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buoyed up by the gods, upon Ogygia Isle. The dangerous nymph Calypso lives and sings there" (Homer lines 990-992). Odysseus has spent seven years in captivity and finally been let go after Hermes orders her to let him go. Ten years after the Trojan war, Odysseus leaves Calypso's island.

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Odysseus' main allies are Telemachus (shown above), Eumaeus, and the Phaeacians. Telemachus is considered an ally to Odysseus because he is Odysseus' son. "And your own child, your only son, Telemachus" (Homer line 597). Eumaeus is an ally because he is an old friend of Odysseus. "Eumaeus, his old and faithful swineherd" (Homer 596). The Phaeacians are allies to Odysseus because Alcinous lends Odysseus a boat for his journey home. "Alcinous offers a ship to Odysseus and asks him to tell of his adventures" (Homer 562).

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Odysseus' enemies are the suitors. They are his enemy because about one-hundred men were eating Odysseus' food and suiting his wife. Odysseus was disguised as a beggar to confront the suitors. "Still disguised as a beggar, Odysseus enters his home. He is confronted by he haughty suitor Antinious" (Homer 603).

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Odysseus and his men get to the island of the sun god, where cattle and sheep stay. Although the crew are hungry, they have to resist and not eat the cattle. The sun god, Helios, stays here and monitors the cattle. The hungry men of Odysseus ate the cattle and the odor awoke Odysseus. They violated the greek value of hospitality when Odysseus' men ate the cattle. "Odors of burnt fat eddied around me; grief took hold of me" (Homer lines 897-898). He pleaded to the gods to have mercy and to not get mad. Helios alerted Zeus and the other gods. Zeus did the opposite of Odysseus pleaded. "Let me throw down one white-hot bolt, and make splinters of their ship in the winedark sea" (Homer lines 918-919). Destroying his boat, Odysseus has to come up with a way to get back home.

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Now with Athena and Zeus on his side, Odysseus is now home, but needs to complete some unfinished business before things can get back to normal. Odysseus must get the suitors out of his house by killing them all. With a little help," Aided by Athena, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and other faithful herdsmen kill all the suitors" (Homer 612). The greek value violated by Odysseus is death. "Odysseus's arrow hit him under the chin and punched up to the feathers through his throat" (Homer lines 1419-1420).

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In order to get back to home, Odysseus struggled and had many consequences. He finally got back home disguised as a beggar. In order to prove that the beggar is Odysseus, he has to go through tests that his wife, Penelope has created for him. "Penelope tests Odysseus to prove he really is her husband" (Homer 613).

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Odysseus finally gets back with his family and is still ruling Ithaca. "Odysseus has regained his family and his kingdom" (Homer 616).

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Odysseus is considered a hero for many reasons. Odysseus shows leadership as he takes his men to fight the Cicones. "I stormed that place and killed the men who fought. Plunder we took" (Homer lines 43-44). Odysseus shows bravery when he goes to the land of the dead to meet Tiresias. "From every side they came and sought the pit with rustling cries; and I grew sick with fear" (Homer lines 569-570). He also shows bravery when attempting to blind Polyphemus to save his men. "Forward they sprinted, lifted it, and rammed it deep in his crater eye" (Homer lines 333-334). Odysseus shows self-confidence when being challenged by Penelope. "Penelope says she will marry the man who can string Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through six ax handle sockets" (Homer 607).