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The Odyssey

  • 1200 BCE

    Book 1

    Book 1
    Odysseus wanders into the ocean and is gone wandering for eight years.
  • 1200 BCE

    Book 1

    Book 1
    People think Odysseus is dead and are wondering where he is. They also think he is trying to avoid marriage with Penelope.
  • 1199 BCE

    Book 5

    Book 5
    Odysseus raft breaks because of the storms and ends up on island stichia. He ends up coming across a woman named Calypso , she ends up keeping he captive for many years.
  • 1199 BCE

    Book 5

    Book 5
    Zeus sends Hermes to tell Calypso to let Odysseus go. Then she ends up letting him go
  • 1199 BCE

    Book 5

    Book 5
    Builds a raft to go back to his wife and Calypso asks why. He tells her he needs to go back to her cause he can never be unfaithful.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Odysseus and his crew go into caves not knowing it's Polyphemus cave.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Odysseus and his men give Polyphemus wine that puts him to sleep for a long time. That is after they cried out to Athena.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Odysseus goes back to Scheria and tells the king of Scheria about his long and crazy journey.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    The Cyclops ends up eating two of Odysseus men and leaves the rest surprisingly.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Polyphemus goes crazy to the point where the other cyclops ask him what happened. He says that "Nobody" stabbed him and ruined everything.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Polyphemus ends up seeing Odysseus trying to leave so he throws a rock at him and his men.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Odysseus tells Polyphemus that he didn't want to do all of that but that is what the gods wanted.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Poseidon is trying to kill Odysseus because of what he did to his son . Odysseus has to survive
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    They end up stab Polyphemus with a spear in his eye.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Odysseus put all of Polyphemus thickest animals on a boat.
  • 1197 BCE

    Book 10

    Book 10
    Odysseus ends up falling asleep and his men open the ox skin , thinking they were going to find treasure. But they end up realising squalls that blow them back to Aeolus island.
  • 1197 BCE

    Book 10

    Book 10
    After escaping the Cyclops, Odysseus and his men arrive at the home of Aeolus. Which is the master of the winds where they are greeted warmly and hosted for a month.
  • 1196 BCE

    Book 11

    Book 11
    Odysseus arrives at the land of the dead.
  • 1196 BCE

    Book 11

    Book 11
    He meets a lot of new people at the land of the dead. There are people who are willing to help odysseus for information about the land of the dead.
  • 1195 BCE

    Book 12

    Book 12
    Odysseus goes back to circe and tells her what it was like in the underworld.
  • 1195 BCE

    Book 12

    Book 12
    The sirens go off and sing with beauty which will make the men want the voice and forget about going home, so they can kill them
  • 1194 BCE

    Book 16

    Book 16
    Odysseus and Telemachus go to their house and Athena puts the disguise and they have to walk without being next to each other or looking at each other.
  • 1194 BCE

    Book 16

    Book 16
    odysseus then sees his son again after 10 years and is so happy.
  • 1194 BCE

    book 16

    book 16
    Telemachus mother is grieving and is spending her days as a poor lady.
  • 1192 BCE

    book 17

    book 17
    Odysseus son was struck.
  • 1192 BCE

    book 17

    book 17
    Odysseus and his son were crying tears of salt.
  • 1192 BCE

    Book 21

    Book 21
    Odysseus the beggar asked if he can try the bow, he actually was the only one to tring and hit the targets.
  • 1192 BCE

    Book 21

    Book 21
    Odysseus goes to his home and sees Penelope. but when he gets closer, she is crying because she believes that Odysseus died.
  • 1192 BCE

    Book 21

    Book 21
    He then killed all the rest of the suitors.
  • 1192 BCE

    Book 21

    Book 21
    Odysseus then tries to compete for Penelope while in his disguise and gets it through and wins.
  • 1191 BCE

    Book 22

    Book 22
    After Odysseus gets the arrow through the holes of an ax, he kills the men who were trying to get his wife
  • 1191 BCE

    Book 22

    Book 22
    The first person he kills is Antinous in the throat because he is the leader and is the main guy who is trying to take Odysseus' wife.
  • 1190 BCE

    Book 23

    Book 23
    Odysseus is at home with his wife but Odysseus and Penelope don't talk and Penelope doesn't believe that it's actually Odysseus
  • 1190 BCE

    Book 23

    Book 23
    Penelope tests Odysseus about moving his bed. Then Odysseus is furious by explaining to her about his bed. That he made that tree out of an olive tree. Then Penelope knew it was her real husband.
  • 1191

    Book 22

    Book 22
    After Odysseus kills Antinous, Telemachus and Odysseus go after the rest of the men and killing them while the people outside heard the men screaming for help.