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Odysses Timeline

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    Time spend with Calypso

  • Leaving Troy

    Leaving Troy
  • Cicones

    Odysseus decided to raid Ismaros, where Maron gave him many gallons of wine. When Odysseus told his men to pull out, they mutinied and refused. This gave the Kykones time to recuperate their losses and they in return, attacked Odysseus' men. After substantial time of fighting, the men finally pulled back and left, then attempted to travel to Malea (three days). But the winds blew him off course and instead he landed in the land of the Lotos Eaters after ten days of storm.
  • Lotus eaters

    Lotus eaters
    After spending a large amount of time on sea, Odysseus came desperately to the land of the Lotos Eaters. He sent three men out to get the information of the inhabitants of the odd island. When they came back, it was apparent that they had eaten the lotos flowers and that they had no will to return to Ithaka. Immediately, Odysseus tied the affected men up and told his crew to get right back on the ship for fear of losing hope for home.
  • Cyclopse

    Cyclopse
  • Fleolus

  • Last laestrygones

    Last laestrygones
  • Aeaea Circe

    Aeaea Circe
    This chick turned the bros into animals.
  • Land of the Dead

    Land of the Dead
    After letting down the god of the winds, Aeolus, Odysseus is then sent to the islands of the Laestrgonians. It was here that Odysseus was attacked by vicious cannibals and all ships, except Odyssues', were sunk. The survivors then sailed on to the island of Aeaea, which was the home of the goddess Circe. Circe told Odysseus what he was going to have to do in orded to reach home. He was then sent to the Land of the Dead. Here Odyssues had to sacrifice a ram and a black ewe, he also offered prayer
  • Circe Island

    Circe Island
    In Homer's Odyssey, Circe is described as living in a mansion that stands in the middle of a clearing in a dense wood. Around the house prowled strangely docile lions and wolves, the drugged victims of her magic;[3] they were not dangerous, and fawned on all newcomers. Circe worked at a huge loom.[4] She invited Odysseus' crew to a feast of familiar food, a pottage of cheese and meal, sweetened with honey and laced with wine, but also laced with one of her magical potions, and she turned them al
  • Sirens

    Sirens
    In Greek mythology, the Sirens (Greek singular: Σειρήν Seirēn; Greek plural: Σειρῆνες Seirēnes) were three dangerous bird-women, portrayed as seductresses.(sometimes have vulture heads) Roman poets placed them on an island called Sirenum scopuli. In some later, rationalized traditions the literal geography of the "flowery" island of Anthemoessa, or Anthemusa,[1] is fixed: sometimes on Cape Pelorum and at others in the Sirenusian islands near Paestum or in Capreae.[2] All such locations were surr
  • The Cattle of Helios

    The Cattle of Helios
    In Greek mythology, the Cattle of Helios pastured on the island of Thrinacia, which is believed to be modern Sicily.[1] Helios, also known as the sun god, is said to have had seven herds of oxen and seven flocks of sheep, each numbering fifty head.[2] In the Odyssey, Homer describes this immortal cattle as handsome (ἄριστος), wide-browed (εúρυμέτωπος) and curved-horned (ὀρθόκραιρος).[3] The cattle were guarded by Helios’ daughters, Phaëthusa and Lampetië, and it was known by all that any harm to
  • Finds Calypso

    Finds Calypso
    They find alypso and begin there stay with her.
  • They leave Calypso

    They leave Calypso