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Telemachus was sent to Pylos by Athena. His job was to find out anything about his father and what he was doing.

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Homer starts to tell the tale of the Great Odysseus. It starts of when Ody loses many of his men because they ate the sacred cow of Lord Helios.

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Ody has been held captive on Calypso's island for 7 years. Athena wants to send him back home but Calypso wants him to stay.

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Calypso tries to persuade Ody to stay. She says that she will never grow old but his wife at home is growing old. Calypso show loyalty to his wife

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One of the most important parts in this book is when Ody and his men arrive at the land of the lotus eaters. He sends men out to investigate but they never come back. They ate the lotus flower and forgot the urge to come home. They then had a major setback trying to get his men out of the trance.

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Ody and his men watch the cyclops for 3 days before entering his land. They than go to the cyclops's cave to camp there. The cyclops comes back and is surprised by the men. He eats a couple men and Ody realizes that it's going to be very hard to get out. They make a plan to hurt the cyclops and get out. They make it out and then set sail.

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They next land on the island of Aeolus. They stay there for a month with the Wind King. The king gives Ody a bag of fair west winds and a bag of stormy winds. They leave the island but when Ody is asleep, his men are curious to what's in the bag and open it but the wind king is mad and they get sent back to the island.

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Ody and his men sail to Aeaea. This is where the believed witch Circe lives. On their way to Circe's hall there are wolves and mountain lions all around. They drink Circe's wine and immediately get turned into pigs. One of his men tells Ody what happens so he goes to stop it. He sees hermes on his way and he gives Hermes molly to be immune to the witch.

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In this book Ody and his men travel to the underworld. They find themselves in the Erebus (aka the land of the dead). They are met with many souls of the dead including his mom. This is a surprise because Ody did not know his mom had died.

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One of Ody's men breaks his neck falling off of a roof while drunk. The man dying gives Ody a request before he dies. He asks Ody to bury him and build him a monument with his signature oar implanted in it to honor his years at sea. He asks Ody to do this because he wasn't at peace in the underworld without a proper burial.

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Book 12, The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis

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Book 12, The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis

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This book starts off with Circe telling Ody what he he should expect and be prepared for. One thing he needs to know about are the Sirens. They are birds that sing and the song puts people in a trance. Ody prepares for this by putting beeswax in the men's ears so they couldn't hear. They tie Ody down so he can hear but he can't do anything. After they pass the sirens they untie Ody and remove the wax.

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Book 12, The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis

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Book 12, The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis

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After the sirens they come to the section with monsters. His men become very fearful but Ody has to help them continue. He walks up and down the ship telling them everything will be ok which helps them to continue rowing. The monster vomits in the sea cause an eruption.