https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu A brief timeline on the first half of Odysseus Journey home. en-us 2020-10-21 12:20:50 UTC 2025-10-30 16:41:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/26f5.png smithc244961 https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848489739 Homer the poet asks the Gods to give him the ability to tell the story of Odysseus ]]> 2020-10-21 13:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848489739 smithc244961 https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848497290 Athena tells Odysseus Son to go to Pylos to save him from the suitors who are trying to take over his family.]]> 2020-10-21 13:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848497290 smithc244961 https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848504354 Athena sends Hermes to Calypso's island to tell her to release Odysseus ]]> 2020-10-21 13:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848504354 smithc244961 https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848513443 After seven years Calypso lets Odysseus go and gives him a ship to sail with.]]> 2020-10-21 13:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848513443 smithc244961 https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848522635 Odysseus lands on King Alcinous island where he throughs Odysseus a banquet. There Odysseus tells the king about his adventures home.]]> 2020-10-21 13:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848522635 smithc244961 https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848535173 After battling an army and the Lotus eaters Odysseus lands on the Cyclops island. He blinds him after he eats six of his men. He is then cursed by Poseidon because the cyclops is his son.]]> 2020-10-21 13:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848535173 smithc244961 https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848545771 Odysseus then lands on Circes island after being attacked by cannibals. Circes turns some of Odysseus men into pigs. Odysseus gets a gift from Hermes which allows him to resist her spells.]]> 2020-10-21 13:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848545771 smithc244961 https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848568073 The men stay in a trance for a year then Circes tells Odysseus if he wants to leave he must hear his future in the land of the dead.]]> 2020-10-21 13:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848568073 smithc244961 https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848584303 Odysseus lands in the land of the dead and kills a lamb for a sacrifice. He sees one of his dead crew mates and he promises to give him a proper burial. Then he goes to hear his fate.]]> 2020-10-21 13:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848584303 smithc244961 https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848612289 Odysseus hears his fate and learns how he will go through all these bad monsters. He also learns that all of his men will die if they eat Helios's cattle. Then he talks to his dead mom and leaves.]]> 2020-10-21 13:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848612289 smithc244961 https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848623135 Odysseus sets sail form Circes and encounters the sirens. They get past without losing anyone an encounter the two monsters. HE hugs the island with the six headed monster and looses only six men.]]> 2020-10-21 13:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848623135 smithc244961 https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848636783 After passing the monsters Odysseus and his crew land on lord Helios's island. Odysseus leaves his men while they eat the cattle. Zeus strikes down all of his men and Odysseus floats on a part of his ship to calypsos island.]]> 2020-10-21 13:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smithc244961/yrjxjymbwy5brxyu/wish/848636783