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Troy
After the victory at Troy, Odysseus and his men begin their journey home from here. -
The Island of the Cicones
After leaving Troy, they stop to raid this island for supplies. The Cicones attack on horseback, and Odysseus lost 72 of his men. -
The Island of the Lotus Eater
Odysseus recover his men stuck eating the Lotus flower. -
Island of the Cyclopes
Odysseus and his men got Polyphemus drunk from his cheese and wine. The cyclops, Polyphemus, traped them inside his cave. Odysseus and his men blind the cyclops by stading a huge stick into the eye of the cyclose, and then sneak out in the morning by holding on under the cycloses heard of sheep. -
Island of Aeolus
Aeolus, the god of the winds, gives Odysseus a bag of winds, so he can sail home but his men became jealous and open the bag and all of the winds escape. -
Island of the Laestrygonians
The Laestrygonians eat people. Only the men on Odysseus' ship and himself are not eaten. -
Circe's Island
Circe turns Odysseus' men to pigs, but hermes protects Odysseus from her magic. Odysseus ends up staying there for a couple years. Before Odysseus leaves, Circe tells him that he needs to find the blind prophet Teiresias in the Underworld. -
The Underworld
Odysseus meets the prophet Teiresias to ask how to get home, and he also finds his mom there, who committed suicide because she was sad. -
The Island of the Sirens
Odysseus and his men pass here, a island with women singing their a songs, trying to reel in sailors. To pass the island Odysseis fills his mens ears with beeswax, and he has them tie him to the boat. -
Scylla and Charybdis
Odysseus chooses to sail next to Scylla, a six-headed sea serpent, rather than Charybdis, a giant whirlpool. He did this because he knew that if he went to Charybdis, the whole ship would be destroyed. However, if he sailed towards Scylla, only six men would have to die. -
The Island of Helios
Odysseus falls asleep praying to Athena. While sleeping, his men once again go against his orders and eat Helios' cattle. This outrages the god, and Helios threatens never to rise again. As a punishment, Zeus throws a bolt of lightning at the ship, and turns it to splinters. Only Odysseus survives. -
Calypso's Island
Odysseus finds this island after drifting in the sea. It is a island of women, with a nymph named Calypso, with whom Odysseus has a seven-year affair with. After the seven years, Hermes convinces Calypso to let Odysseus build a new ship so he could sail home. -
The Island of the Phaecians
The Phaecians accept Odysseus, and he explains his ten-year journey to them during a feast. They happily give him a ride home on one of their ships. -
Ithaca
Odysseus finally arrives home .
