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500
Odysseus
Odysseus is held captive by calipso -
Jan 2, 600
Odysseus is free
Odysseus finally able to persuade calypso with athena's help -
Jan 3, 700
Shipwrecked
After he leaves the island he is hit by hit by a storm and washes up on the island of phaeacians. Alcinous, the king, honors Odysseus by giving him a banquet and asks him where he came from. -
Jan 6, 1000
Eyeball
After coming to the island of Cyclopes they give one wine and get him drunk. When he is asleep Odysseus and his men heat up a spike and drive it into the Cyclopes eye -
Jan 7, 1100
The Cyclopes is stabbed
After getting the Cyclopes drunk Odysseus and four men drive a spike into his eye and Odysseus tells him that nobody has as hurt him so when the Cyclopes yells for help he is saying that nobody has harmed him -
Jan 8, 1200
The banquet
After landing on the island of the phaeacians Alcinous, the king, throws Odysseus a banquets and ask him where he is from -
Jan 9, 1300
Across the bay
Across from the island of Cyclopes there is a lush deserted island and where Odysseus and his men stay before going to the island of Cyclopes -
Jan 10, 1400
Escape
After they stab the Cyclopes they tie themselves to sheep so they Cyclopes wouldn't see them then they got on there ship and sailed away. -
Jan 11, 1500
Aeolus
After they escape they come to the land of aeolus and are given a bag of winds and a fair west wind blowing them to Ithaca -
Almost home
Once they get near Ithaca while Odysseus is sleeping his crew opens the bag of strong winds thinking it was gold and silver but instead it blew then all the way back to aeolus' island. -
The witch
Odysseus landd on aeaea the land of the goddess circe, considered by many to be a witch. The crew splits up but eurylochus begs his Capitan to leave the island but he doesn't listen and his men are held captive. -
No help
Once they are back at aeolus' island he doesn't help them because he thinks they are cursed by the gods. The next land the come to is laestrygones,a land with cannibals, and only Odysseus and 45 of his crew survive along with the ship. -
the underworld
Odysseus and his men go to the underworld and is told that death and destruction will follow unless him and his crew can control themselves. Odysseus is also told that his mother died of grief because he was home so long. -
Lotus eaters
Odysseus and his crew came to the coastline of the lotus eaters and sent out two of his men but they were soon with the lotus eaters -
Cyclopes
After leaving the land of the lotus eaters they came upon the land with Cyclopes