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King odysseus is at his home in Ithaca with his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus.

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King Menelaus called odysseus to fight in the trojan war. His refusal is that he did not want to leave behind his family to sail to Troy because he knows the long awaited journey thats involved. He pretends to go mad to try and avoid leaving, but they put him face to face with his son telemachus, and he breaks under pressure and cannot act crazy around his son.

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Athena The Goddess Of Wisdom: She constantly guided odysseus through his journeys even after being instructed not to by Zeus, she provided many things to him such as sheep and other crafter items and she saves him from death on many occasions.
Circe: Tells odysseus how to get home, and what will happen at each island. She also tells him what to do when he arrives to the island with sirens: to leave even if his men are taken, because he cannot fight back.
Teiresias: Helped fight by odysseus's side through almost all of his journeys, and gave advice for certain situations.

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After the war ended, the gods/goddesses became very angry at the greeks for their prideful and selfish ways to the point where they decided to make a huge storm to throw the greeks off of their path they were traveling.

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From Troy the winds brought him and his men to Ismarus which is the city of the Cicones. The men wandered around the land taking what they wanting and were very greedy and acting like they owned the island until the cicones had enough and attacked. The only way odysseus was able to get his men back was by dragging them one by one back to the ship and tieing them up until he could get them off of the island to safety.

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When odysseus and his men arrived on the Lotus Eaters island, they were told/convinced by the natives there to eat the Lotus plant. The plant affected them the same way as drugs and alcohol would. They weren't aware of the original reason they were there anymore, and they constantly lost track of time. Odysseus had sent his men on the island alone so he had to enter the island as well to go gather the men, and again like last time...he brought them back to the ship.

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When odysseus and his men got on the island and started looking around they came across a large cave, Odysseus and his men chose to enter the cave. When they got inside they saw many sources of food and drinks and decided to help themselves and eat whatever they wanted and drink whatever they wanted, then proceeded to fall asleep.  When the cyclops found Odysseus and his men in the cave, he became very angry and grabbed two of the men, smashed their heads together and then ate them.

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Aeolus gave Odysseus a favourable wind and a bag and thats there the winds were stored. Odysseus's men decided to open the bag in which the winds escaped and landed them back on the island.

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Odysseus and his men continue to travel and end up landing on the island thats home to the Laestrygones. The giants on the island ending up launching boulders at Odysseus's ships. They sank all but the ship Odysseus was actually in.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Before going on the journey Hermes tells Odysseus to eat a herb called moly to protect himself from Circe's drug and to then lunge at her when she tries to strike him with her sword. When Odysseus visited her island of Aeaea on his journey back from fighting in the Trojan war, she changed most of his men into swine. Odysseus somehow was able to overpower her and convinced her to change them back into their regular human form.

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Odysseus had ordered his men to seal their ears with beeswax, while protecting them from the Sirens mesmerizing and controlling vocals. Odysseus hears the Sirens song, and starts to get lured in but has his men tie him to the mast so that he isn't able to go towards the sirens and fall into their trap.

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Once they had passed the Sirens island, Odysseus and his men were to navigate the straits between Scylla( a 6 headed monster who swallows sailors for food for each of her heads) and Charybdis( a giant whirlpool that threatens to swallow entire ships). Odysseus and his men faced both Charybdis and Scylla while rowing their boat through a narrow river. He told his men to avoid Charybdis, which means this forced them to pass near Scylla. Passing her resulted in the deaths of 6 of his men. After all this odysseus was stranded on a raft and during it he was swept back through the strait and passed near Charybdis.

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Calypso forces Odysseus to stay on the island called Ogygia for 7 years acting as if hes her prisoner/husband. After the seven years Zeus sends Hermes on his way to Calypso to tell her she needs to let Odysseus finally go home. she doesnt have a choice and is forced to release him even though she wnats him to stay forever. Before he leaves, Calypso gives Odysseus new boats, food, and water.

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Telemachus- Son of Odysseus
Penelope- Wife of Odysseus
Laertes- Father of Odysseus
Eurycleia- Servant
Eumaeus- Old Friend
Phemius- Suitor
Eurylochus- Comrade of Odysseus
Antinous- Suitor of Penelope
Eurymachus- Suitor of Penelope
Calypso-Falls in Love with Odysseus

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Calypso- Keeps odysseus captures
Cicones- Allie of the Trojans
Lotus Eaters- Native to the Island
Polyphemus- Cyclops who captured odysseus
Laestrygonians- Cannibalistic Giants
Circe- Turns Crew into Shrines
Scylla- 6 Headed Monster
Charybdis-Whirlpool monster/ giant

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Odysseus encourages his exhausted crew to pass the island of the sun god ,Thrinacia. They traveled off and went after the cattle when Odysseus went off on his own and fell asleep. When Odysseus woke from his nap, he went down and caught sight of all of his crew eating the cattle that they slaughtered.

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Odysseus just has been wanting to get back to his peaceful home in Ithaca to reunite with his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. Before he can do anything, he must remove the suitors from his house in a non-violent way.

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Odysseus was finally allowed to go back home to his wife and son. He built a ship to sail home and set off on his journey. On the way home, Poseidon(god of the sea) didn't like the fact that he was travelling home so he sent a storm to wreck his ship.

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His reward was being able to return home and his family still being a live and figuring out that its actually him who returned and not a god in disguise. He was able to reunite

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Odysseus is an epic hero because he showed many acts of bravery, intelligence and leadership. He showed bravery by stabbing  the Cyclops, "rammed it deep in his crater eye"(Homer). He did that to blind him and keep his men safe when they were trying to escape. Odysseus shows leadership by defending the Cyclops. He claimed "nobody will not get out alive, I swear"(Homer).  He thought that no one was going to make it out alive and they were all going to end up dying. Odysseus showed intelligence when he tied his men up and "carved  a massive cake of beeswax into bits"(Homer). He did this so they wouldn't hear The Sirens when they pass through.  Having these good characteristics is key in being a hero and Odysseus showed them very well. By having great characteristics, he "regained his family and his kingdom"(Homer).