Odysseus starts out his journey by leaving the city of Troy after the Trojan War on his way home to Ithaca ("Odyssey" Ancient Greece Encyclopedia). He and his crew ended up on the lands of magical beings whose foods would make people no longer want to go home ("Odyssey" Ancient Greece Encyclopedia). After Odysseus forced his crew to leave the island, he ended up going to a few islands with various creatures (including cyclopes and Laestrygonians) ("Odyssey" Ancient Greece Encyclopedia). One of which had a person on it who told him to go to the underworld, where he found a "prophet who told him the best route to take to Ithaca" ("Odyssey" Ancient Greece Encyclopedia). However, because of some bad decisions by his crew while sailing, their boat was struck by lightning and Odysseus was the only survivor ("Odyssey" Ancient Greece Encyclopedia).
He washes up on an island where he is trapped by a nymph named Calypso for 7 years ("Odyssey" Ancient Greece Encyclopedia). Hermes frees him and Odysseus leaves the island ("Odyssey" Ancient Greece Encyclopedia). Poseidon blows his ship off course and he ends up on the beach of the land of the Phaeacians ("Odyssey" Ancient Greece Encyclopedia). He tells them tales of what he had done, ending with how ended up on the Island of Calypso and they took him to the island of Ithaca ("Odyssey" Ancient Greece Encyclopedia).
He washes up on an island where he is trapped by a nymph named Calypso for 7 years ("Odyssey" Ancient Greece Encyclopedia). Hermes frees him and Odysseus leaves the island ("Odyssey" Ancient Greece Encyclopedia). Poseidon blows his ship off course and he ends up on the beach of the land of the Phaeacians ("Odyssey" Ancient Greece Encyclopedia). He tells them tales of what he had done, ending with how ended up on the Island of Calypso and they took him to the island of Ithaca ("Odyssey" Ancient Greece Encyclopedia).
Works Cited
"Odyssey." Ancient Greece and Rome: An Encyclopedia for Students. Ed. Carroll Moulton. Vol. 3. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. 74-76. World History in Context. Web. 28 Mar. 2014.
"Odyssey." Ancient Greece and Rome: An Encyclopedia for Students. Ed. Carroll Moulton. Vol. 3. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. 74-76. World History in Context. Web. 28 Mar. 2014.
Images Cited
"Odysseus, hero of Homers Odyssey." Political Theories for Students. Ed. Matthew Miskelly and Jaime Noce. Detroit: Gale, 2002. World History in Context. Web. 28 Mar. 2014.
"Odysseus, hero of Homers Odyssey." Political Theories for Students. Ed. Matthew Miskelly and Jaime Noce. Detroit: Gale, 2002. World History in Context. Web. 28 Mar. 2014.