Odysseus's Journey by Bennett Hutchison https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53 The timeline of the journey and its important events and people. en-us 2021-05-18 19:10:26 UTC 2021-05-23 16:16:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f621.png Ordinary World hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537217278 Odysseus's home is Ithaca, "My home is on the peaked sea-mark of Ithaca" (Homer line 21), his wife and son, Telemachus, live. He has not been able to return home. Calypso has been the reason of this because she put Odysseus under a spell without his consent.]]> 2021-05-18 19:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537217278 Call to Adventure/Refusal of Call hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537218512 The Call to the Adventure begins after Odyssey fights in the Trojan War where he "...plundered the stronghold
on the proud height of Troy" (Homer line 3). Athena convinces Odysseus to fight in the Trojan war by telling him to use his intelligence to win the war.]]> 2021-05-18 19:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537218512 Mentors hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537219980 On the journey, Odysseus is greatly helped by mostly Athena, Circe, and Hades. Athena helps Odysseus by granting his wish "At evening came the shepherd with his flock,
his woolly flock" (Homer line 285), and escape Polythemus. While having to travel through either Scylla or Charybdis, Circe guides Odysseus through the sea monsters. Odysseus is told to go through Scylla "I sent them on toward Scylla" (Homer line 783), so he would only risk six men. Hades helps Odysseus's by telling him where to find Tiresias "in order to reach home he must journey to the land of the dead, Hades, and consult the blind prophet Tiresias", in order to learn his destiny.]]> 2021-05-18 19:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537219980 Crossing the Threshold hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537220620 Odysseus crosses the threshold by going to the underworld, new world, in the Land of the Dead. In the episode Circe gives Odysseus his tasks to get his men back. The greek value, proper burial of Elpenor, is violated," still on the wide earth we had left him—dead in Circe’s hall" (Homer line 580). Odysseus also encounters his mother in the underworld. He did not have time to speak to her because he is on a mission. ]]> 2021-05-18 19:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537220620 Tests hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537222752 Battle of the Cicones
Odysseus's and his men were put through a series of test on their journey. In the beginning most resulted badly and as the journey continued they started to pass more and more of the test. In the Sailing from Troy epidsode, Odysseus's crew start to steal and drink from the Cicone people, "My men were mutinous,12
fools, on stores of wine" (Homer line 48), and do not obey orders. In result the Cicone army is alerted. Odysseus's crew in the Lotus Eaters also disobeyed orders by eating the Lotus Flowers, which give them no desire to return home, "who ate this honeyed plant, the Lotus, never cared to report, nor to return" (Homer line 98), when Odysseus told them to not eat the flowers.]]> 2021-05-18 19:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537222752 Allies hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537223265 Odysseus on his journey forms a friendship with many people, The Phaeacians, Telemachus, and Eumaeus. The Phaeacians help Odysseus him by after Odysseus tells King Alcinious his journey and his issue with no transportation, King Alcinious and The Phaeacians lend him a boat to sail home "The next day, young Phaeacian noblemen conduct him home by ship" (Homer). Once Odysseus returns home, Athena reunites Telemachus, Odysseus's son, with Odysseus. Therefore these two can conquer The Suitors. Telemachus isolates all of the armor and weapon from The Suitors, "at that point round up all armor, lances, gear of war left in our hall, and stow the lot away
back in the vaulted storeroom" (Homer line 1135), and leave two of each supplies so they have the advantage. As Odysseus arrives home, he eats breakfast with Telemachus and an old friend, Eumaeus. Telemachus asks Eumaeus if he would help them kill The Suitors. Eumaeus does help them, "Aided by Athena, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and other faithful herdsmen kill all the suitors" (Homer line 1537), and Odysseus has his food, property, and his family back.]]> 2021-05-18 19:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537223265 Enemies hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537223636 When Odysseus finally is back home, Polythemus told him exactly what would happen when he returns home, "Numerous suitors, believing Odysseus to be dead, have been continually seeking the hand of his wife, Penelope, in marriage, while overrunning Odysseus’ palace and enjoying themselves at Penelope’s expense. Moreover, they are plotting to murder Odysseus’ son, Telemachus There were Suitors eating his cows, holding his wife captive, and planning to killing his son" (Homer). Odysseus and Athena come up with a plan to kill The Suitors. Athena helps in this event because she unites Odysseus with Telemachus and Eumaeus to kill The Suitors and she disguises Odysseus as a beggar so he can enter and exit the house. ]]> 2021-05-18 19:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537223636 The Ordeal (Cattle of the Sun Gods) hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537225727 In the episode of the Cattle of the Sun Gods, while Odysseus and his crew come upon a Helios's herd of cattle. The men are so tempted to have a feast, but Tiresias warns the to not eat the cows or else bad things will happen, "the cattle here are not for our provision,
or we pay dearly for it" (Homer line 839), they ended up eating a sliver of the cattle because Odysseus states that starvation is the worst way to die. Hospitality is violated, "O Father Zeus and gods in bliss, forever punish Odysseus’ men!" (Homer line 907), because the crew ate another gods property.He tells his men to pray to the gods, but in result they put Odysseus to rest because he needed sleep. Once Odysseus is awake, Zeus punishes them by destroying their ship after the set sail. ]]> 2021-05-18 19:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537225727 Supreme Ordeal (Odysseus's Revenge) hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537226527 Odysseus gets help to get his revenge on The Suitors from Athena, Telemachus, and Eumaeus. Athena disguises Odysseus as beggar, "a beggar, by my looks" (Homer line 1123), so he can get in the house and see what is going on. During the process of being in his house one of the suitors, Antinious, bashes a chair on Odysseus head, "stool he let fly hit the man’s right shoulder" (Homer line 1229), which is violating the greek value hospitality. Also she reunites Telemachus and Eumaeus so they can defeat The Suitors. Telemachus helps Odysseus by isolating all of the armor and weapon from The Suitors, "at that point round up all armor, lances, gear of war left in our hall, and stow the lot away back in the vaulted storeroom" (Homer line 1135). Telemachus also asks Eumaeus to help them in the fight with them against The Suitors. Eumaeus does help them, "Aided by Athena, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and other faithful herdsmen kill all the suitors" (Homer line 1537), and Odysseus has his food, property, and his family back.]]> 2021-05-18 19:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537226527 Journey Home hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537227325 As Odysseus retells his journey to King Alcinious, the next day the Phaeacians lended a boat to him to sail home. Odysseus arrives home and Athena informs him about the situation with the suitors. Odysseus gets Telemachus and Eumaeus to discuss a plan. During his observing of the situation he wants make sure his wife, Penelope, has remained loyal. She asks of the Suitors to perform a shot to shoot through axe handles, because Odysseus is the only one who can string the bow and perform the shot. Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, was the only one to perform the shot. Odysseus announces who he is and says he will kill all of them. The Suitors say that they will give everything back to him: cows, food, wife, bronze, silver, whatever he needs just to spare their lives, Odysseus response is no. Odysseus tells them to fight, "Fight, I say,
let’s remember the joy of it. Swords out!" (Homer line 1478), also he says their lives deserve punishment. He kills Antinious first with an arrow up the chin. Odysseus and his companions kill the suitors. ]]> 2021-05-18 19:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537227325 Reward hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537231275 Odysseus kills the Suitors along with Athena, Telemachus, and Eumaeus, but he still has one more task before Penelope knows Odysseus has really returned home.   Penelope asks Odysseus to move the bed he made years ago. He rages, "Woman, by heaven you’ve stung me now!" (Homer line 1572). Penelope knows by his reaction, Odysseus has returned home. Odysseus finally has returned home and has his family back.]]> 2021-05-18 19:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1537231275 Lotus Eaters hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541758704 Odysseus's crew in the Lotus Eaters also disobeyed orders by eating the Lotus Flowers, which give them no desire to return home, "who ate this honeyed plant, the Lotus, never cared to report, nor to return" (Homer line 98), when Odysseus told them to not eat the flowers.]]> 2021-05-20 00:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541758704 The Cyclops hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541765661 After setting sail from the Lotus Eaters, Odysseus and his crew come upon The Cyclopses, who did not believe the gods. Odysseus brought his best man to a cave where one Cyclops lies. Once they arrived the Cyclopes took his rams and goats out of the cave, placing a boulder in the entrance. The Cyclops notices the strangers and a greek value of hospitality by eating some of the men, "Cyclops went on filling up his belly with man-flesh" (Homer line 241). They need to escape, so Odysseus prayed to Athena, Goddess of War, to help them in anyway, Athena delivers. But before his escape he makes a spike and grinds Cyclops's eye. The Cyclops then put the goats and rams outside. Odysseus's intelligence gave him an idea to hide under the goats and rams to escape. Odysseus gives his identity to Cyclops, which is further learned that Cyclops, Polythemus, is Poseidon's son. Polythemus wishes Poseidon for Odysseus's return home to be horrible. This situational Irony because it is unexpected for Polythemus to pray to the gods because he doesn't believe in them.]]> 2021-05-20 00:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541765661 Island of Aeolia hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541766278 The crew eventually arrives in Aeolia, where the Aeolus the god of winds lives. Odysseus is desperate to be home, Aeolus lends he in his crew the bag of west winds to guide them home, "a gift: a sack containing all the winds except the favorable west wind" (Homer line 528), but also is a test to see if his Odysseus and his men will obey Aeolus and not open the bag. As they approach Ithaca, Odysseus's men open the bag which sends them right back where the came from. Aeolus orders that his crew needs to start exercising cooperation and self control.]]> 2021-05-20 00:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541766278 Laestrygonians hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541767168 They set sail from Aeolia for seven days in arrive in land of the Laestrygonians. These creatures are cannibals, which is violating the greek value of hospitality. While they are there Odysseus and his crew get into a little issue, "These creatures destroy all of Odysseus’ ships except the one he is sailing in" (Homer line 531).]]> 2021-05-20 00:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541767168 Defeat of Circe hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541767847 After escaping the Laestrygonians, Odysseus arrived at Aeaus with his remaining crew members. She turns his crew into pigs. She gives Odysseus a task, in order to get his crew back in human form. Odysseus's is given advice from Hermes, to defeat Circe just do what you're told and you'll be fine with the magic herb he gives Odysseus. He is told to travel to the underworld and find Tiresias where he will find his destiny, also his way home. When he arrives in the underworld and now on his way to find Tiresias, he confronts his mother. The problem is he has no time to speak with his mother. On the way back to get his crew members back, Polythemus's wish is granted and he learns that, "under strange sail shall you come home, to find
your own house filled with trouble: insolent men
eating your livestock as they court your lady' (Homer line 649), suitors will be invading his home and holding his wife captive.]]> 2021-05-20 00:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541767847 Resisting the Sirens hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541768474 Once Odysseus returns to Circe, and gets his men back. Circe warns him about the challenges he will face, The Sirens and Scylla and Charybdis. The Sirens lure sailors in, by their lovely voices, and cause destruction. Helios helps the men to pass The Sirens by giving pieces of beeswax, "I carved
a massive cake of beeswax into bits" (Homer line 708), to put in their ears, but they must cooperate obey Odysseus's orders. Odysseus instructs his men to tie him up to the beam pole on the boat and if he attempts to untie himself to tie the ropes tighter. They arrive at the Sirens and they sing and complement Odysseus, but his men obey his order and do not allow Odysseus to untie himself and they make it through The Sirens.]]> 2021-05-20 00:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541768474 Passing Scylla and Charybdis hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541769076 As the men approach the Sea Monsters, they're all very much frightened. Odysseus demonstrates great leadership by calming them down. He orders his men to pray to Zeus and to help them conquer these obstacles. Odysseus send the men toward Scylla because he is risking less of his crew. The mission goes as planned, "Scylla strikes... six of my best men from the ship" (Homer line 809), but his best men were taken off the ship.]]> 2021-05-20 00:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541769076 Escaping Calypso hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541769292 Continuing the journey, a lightning bolt strikes the boat. Odysseus and his men now scattered throughout the area. The west wind pushed him back north heading straight for Charybdis. He didn't end up dead, but on shore off the Scylla mountain. He waited for Charybdis to spout and is his luck landed an oar on shore. So he was able to pass Scylla. He drifted in open sea for nine days and arrived in Ogygia, "nine days I drifted in the open sea
before I made shore, buoyed up by the gods" (Homer line 989),
where Calypso lives. He escapes after telling the Phaeacians his long and difficult journey, by receiving boat to sail back home. ]]> 2021-05-20 00:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1541769292 Heroic Summary hutchben000 https://padlet.com/hutchben000/h2vkreuoyahq4g53/wish/1551458538 Odysseus over the journey showed Leadership, Intelligence, and Bravery. All of these reasons are why Athena has guided Odysseus throughout his journey. Odysseus shows leadership, "You must think hard if you would conjure up
the fighting strength to take us through" (Homer line 1107), by putting Telemachus in the right mindset before killing The Suitors. More than once did Odysseus show great leadership on his journey, "Did I not keep my nerve, and use my wits to find a way out for us?" (Homer line 769), in this case Odysseus calms the men down by gaining their confidence back before going through the two sea monsters. Odysseus's intelligence, “trick came—and it pleased me well. The Cyclops’ rams were handsome, fat, with heavy fleeces, a dark violet,”(Homer 375).
 helps him during the escape of the Cyclops. Bravery also shown by Odysseus in the Odyssey, "grind that spike in Cyclops’ eye,”(Homer 281), Odysseus takes the job to give he and his crew the advantage by stabbing his eye.



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