Odyssey Timeline

Leave Troy

Jan 1, 1200

Odysseus and his men leave from the conquest of Troy to return to Ithaca.

The Cyclops Polyphemus

Jan 1, 1200

Odysseus and his men scout another mysterious island, on which they stay in a cave and become captives of a Cyclops. He eats a few, until Odysseus and his men stab the cyclop's eye and escapes under the bellies of big sheep.

The Return

Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Feb 1, 1210

I realize the years can't go to B.C.E, so I'm going with these. :)

Cicones

Feb 1, 1200

Odysseus lands of the island of the Cicones soo after leaving Troy. A battle ensues, where Odysseus loses 72 men.

Lotus

Mar 1, 1200

Odysseus and his men land on a mysterious island, and the scouts don't return. Odysseus retrieves his men and ties them up under the ship.

Aeolus

May 1, 1200

Odysseus and his crew land on the island of the God of Wind, Aeolus. Aeolus gives Odysseus a bag of wind and a good breeze to take them to Ithaca.

Ithaca

Jun 1, 1200

Odysseus's crew, with the backing of Aeolus, finally reach Ithaca. On the way in to the island, the crew manages to conceive the idea that Odysseus's bag of wind contains gold and silver, so they open it and the wind takes them to the island of the Laestrygones.

Laestrygones

Jul 1, 1200

The wind takes them to an island full of cannibals, where their ship is pounded with boulders and only 45 survive on Odysseus's last ship.

Aeaea, Island of Circe

Jul 1, 1200

The crew stumbles onto the island of the witch Circe, who welcomes his scouts into her home and turns them to swine. Odysseus, the lone human, eats a plant to resist the witchcraft. It takes one year for Odysseus to convince Circe to let the men go.

Land of the Dead

Jul 1, 1201

Circe tells Odysseus that he and his men must travel to the land of the dead before they are able to leave her island. Once there, they must learn of a prophecy foretold by Tiresias.

Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis

Aug 1, 1201

Odysseus and his men must travel through three types of female sailor-killers: the Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis. He loses no men to the sirens and charybdis, but Scylla takes one man for each of her six heads.

Helios

Sep 1, 1201

After making their way through the three monsters, Odysseus's crew lands his ship on the island of Helios and eats his cattle, against Odysseus's will. Because of this, Zeus kills odysseus's men and destroys his boat.

Calypso

Oct 1, 1201

After drifting for a while, Odysseus washes up on the island of the goddess Calypso, and she holds him captive for 8 years. Hermes finally was instructed to order Calypso to make him leave.

King Alcinous

Dec 1, 1209

Calypso helped Odysseus build a raft which he took to the island of King Alcinous. There, he told his story and the King gave him a boat and crew to reach home with.

Ithaca

Jan 1, 1210

Odysseus reaches his home of Ithaca. He pretends to be a beggar, reveals himself only to his son, and foils the suitors' plot to take over his kingdom.