https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw English 9 Honors- Timeline of Odysseus' Adventures in Part 1 en-us 2020-10-21 13:03:46 UTC 2024-12-18 15:17:56 UTC hello@padlet.com griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/848479750 Homer introduces us to the story. Odysseus has been lost at sea and his land is overtaken by suitors. ]]> 2020-10-21 13:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/848479750 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933886231 Odysseus has been stuck on Calypso's island for 7 years. The gods discuss Ody's fate. Hermes delivers the message that Odysseus must leave. Calypso helps him build a new boat and he sets off.]]> 2020-11-17 20:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933886231 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933907723 Poseidon sees Odysseus and realizes the other gods have been discussing his fate without him. He creates a sea storm and pulls Odysseus underwater, but Athena comes to help.]]> 2020-11-17 20:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933907723 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933909080 Athena goes to speak with Telemachus, Odysseus' son assuming the form of Ody's old friend Mentes. She predicts that Odysseus is still alive.]]> 2020-11-17 20:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933909080 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933930473 Odysseus and his men stop at Cicones. They plunder the town, and get too carried away. Reinforced ranks come in and attack them, killing 6 men per ship. Zeus swoops them along the sea for 9 days and brings them to the land of the Lotus Eaters.]]> 2020-11-17 20:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933930473 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933959942 Odysseus is taken to the land of the Lotus Eaters. The natives give the men the fruit of the lotus, which intoxicates them so they forget their tasks and want to stay forever. Odysseus must drag everyone back to the ship and lock them up for them to be able to leave.]]> 2020-11-17 20:50:07 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933959942 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933969936 Odysseus' crew stops at the island of the Cyclops. They go into a cave and eat the monster's food sitting there. The cyclops comes back home and blocks the door. It sees the men and gets angry, taking them hostage and occasionally eating some. Odysseus escapes by getting the creature drunk and using a wood stake to stab his eye, then taking his moment and escaping.]]> 2020-11-17 20:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933969936 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933992857 The men set sail for Aeolus, the god of the winds. He gifts them a bag of wind but tells them not to open it. He blows them home and within ten days they are in sight of Ithaca. But, the men get interested, thinking there might be riches in the bag, and open it. It blows them back to Aeolus, who then refuses to help them.]]> 2020-11-17 20:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/933992857 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934010754 From Aeolus' land, the men row to the land of the Laestrygonians. They are powerful giants who eat Odysseus' scouts and then pelt their ships with stones, sinking all but Ody's ship.]]> 2020-11-17 21:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934010754 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934020535 Odysseus' remaining crew go to Aeaea, the home of Circe. She, being a witch, turns the men into pigs. However, Hermes gives Odysseus a herb called moly which will protect them from being pigs. The men live there for a year before setting off back to Ithaca, but need to go to the land of the dead first.]]> 2020-11-17 21:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934020535 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934036652 Odysseus arrives at the land of King Alcinous where he tells the story of how he got there. (FLASHBACK ENSUES)]]> 2020-11-17 21:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934036652 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934044269 At the land of the dead, Odysseus talks with Tiresias, the Theban prophet. He foretells that Ody will return home and reclaim his house and family from the suitors. Before departing, Odysseus speaks with his late mother.]]> 2020-11-17 21:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934044269 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934076841 The ship passes the land of the Sirens, and as Circe told Odysseus, he puts beeswax in everyone's ears and have his men tie to him the mast. He begs to be let free, but the men tie him tighter.]]> 2020-11-17 21:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934076841 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934095911 Next, they navigate through the straits of of Scylla and Charybdis. Scylla eats one person per head it has, so it devours 6 of the people on the ship. Charybdis is a large whirlpool that threatens to drown the whole ship.]]> 2020-11-17 21:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934095911 griffinw242431 https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934110957 Ody comes to the land of Thrinacia, the island of the sun. They stay there, and eventually run out of provisions. The men are tempted to disobey Odysseus and kill cattle on the island of the sun. They do so, and are struck down my lightning. All but Odysseus die, and Ody floats on his boat timbers and reaches the island of Calypso. (ALL CAUGHT UP)]]> 2020-11-17 21:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/griffinw242431/l5zd9plir3p0wzqw/wish/934110957