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2021 BCE
Trojan war summary
The trojan war was a war in greek mythology in the city of troy and was between the Greeks and the people of Troy. The war began when the trojan prince named Paris kidnapped Helen, the most beautiful woman in the land and wife of Menelaus of Sparta. The trojan war lasted for ten years there were a lot of greek gods like Achilles who was a hero in the trojan war. -
2021 BCE
The trojan war analysis
I would say Odysseus learned the value of family. I say that because he decides to fight and prove his loyalty to his family. Odysseus knows that when the trojan war ends he gets to get back home to his family. -
2021 BCE
Cyclops analysis
The Cyclops is a giant with one eye that lives in a cave. Odysseus and his men were all scared when they discovered the cyclops in the cave and had to find a way to escape the cave. -
2021 BCE
Louts Eaters summary
When Odysseus made it onto the island, he sent 2 of his men to explore the island, that's when they found the lotus fruit. Odysseus's men ate the sweet, mind poisoning fruits of a tree. They lost focus and Odysseus had to get them to stop eating the flower and off the island. The lotus flower was mind poisoning because it causes them to forget and be lazy and prevents them from wanting to go home. -
2021 BCE
Suitors/Home Analysis
Penelope knew nobody but Odysseus could shoot the bow through the axes so she announced that should marry the person who did make the shot . While Odysseus was gone, suitors stayed in Odysseus's home and worked for Penelope's hand in marriage because she was very attractive and was very wealthy. I learned that Odysseus killed the suitors and Athena joined so they can end the battle. -
2021 BCE
Suitors/Home Summary
The suitors prepare the bow to make it useable but one by one they all try and fail. Meanwhile, Odysseus follows Eumaeus and Philoetius outside. Odysseus convinces himself they are loyal to him and then reveals his identity to them by showing them the scar on his foot. Odysseus returned to Aeaea where he had buried Eleanor and spent the last night with Circe. -
2021 BCE
Helios cattle analysis
I think Helios was angry and wanted some kind of revenge on Odysseus's men. I think he sent Zeus and some other gods to punish Odysseus and his crew. I also think that Odysseus wasn't prepared for what was going to happen because they would've fought back or avoided it. I learned that you have to be prepared for anything because you never know what is going to happen. -
2021 BCE
Helios cattle summary
The sun-god Helios had angrily asked Zeus to punish Odysseus's men for killing his cattle. If he didn't helios threatened to take the sun to the underworld. Zeus agreed to his request. As soon as they were out and at the sea Zeus sent down a lightning bolt that destroyed the ship and killed everyone except Odysseus, who held onto some pieces of wood. -
2021 BCE
Syclla and Charybids Analysis
I think Odysseus made a bad call. I think this because he told his men to avoid Charybdis which made them pass Scylla which caused them to die. I felt that he put his crew in danger when they avoided it and led to them dying. I learned that sometimes Odysseus makes decisions he thinks are best for him and his men but are not. -
2021 BCE
Syclla and Charybids summary
Odysseus faced both Charybdis and Scylla while he was rowing through a narrow channel. He ordered his men to avoid Charybids. When he was stranded on a raft, Odysseus was swept back through the channel and passed near Charybdis. -
2021 BCE
Sirens analysis
I think that Odysseus was smart and did something that a true leader would do. He knows about the woman of the sea who trick men into shipwrecking their boats. He told them to tie him down and ignore anything he says. To me, this means that he is going to show why he is a leader and captain. From this, I learned Odysseus can really step up and be a leader when his crew needs him the most. -
2021 BCE
Sirens summary
Sirens are the most beautiful women of the sea. Who sing songs that can hypnotize and lure men into shipwrecking their boats on the rocky shores because they follow their hypnotizing songs. Odysseus had instructed his crew to tie him to the bow, and he told them to ignore whatever he may say while under the spell of the Siren's song. -
2021 BCE
Circe analysis
I think for Circe to go back to her own land and turn things into swine is cruel because that is her home town and she's supposed to do something to help it not harm it it. I Also think turning things into swine can be a good thing because if you are fighting you can turn them into swine and use that to her advantage. Something I learned was powers have negatives just as much as it has it does positives. -
2021 BCE
Circe summary
Circe, who was a greek legends sorceress, the daughter of Helios, the sun god, and the ocean nymph Perse. She was able by means of drugs and incantations to change humans into animals. The greek hero Odysseus visited her island which was named Aeaea, with his companions, whom she changed into swine. -
2021 BCE
Analysis of Aeolus - Bag of wind
I think that for Odysseus's men to open the bag even though Odysseus told them not to shows they don't trust Odysseus and they don't listen to him. They opened the bag thinking that gold and silver was inside the bag, It shows they aren't trustworthy and strong-willed. I learned that Odysseus is a true leader because even after his men open the bag and caused them to fly away he still put his men before him and had a plan to get things done for his crew. -
2021 BCE
Summary of Aeolus - Bag of wind
In the Odyssey, Aeolus gave Odysseus an unfavorable wind and a bag in which the unfavorable winds were confined. Odysseus' companions opened the bag even though Odysseus had told them no to. The wind escaped and quickly drove them back to the island where they were not supposed to be. Although he appears as a human in Homer, Aeolus later was described as a
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2021 BCE
Cyclops Summary
In the story, Odysseus and his men sail to the land of the Cyclops and find food and milk in a cave. They later find out that a cyclops named Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon lives there. They make a plan to get Cyclops to move the boulder. Odysseus gives the Cyclops wine to get him drunk and he passes out. When he is out they stab him in the eye with a hot staff. -
2021 BCE
Lotus eaters analysis
In the lotus-eaters, Odysseus learned to focus on what's important in life. We also learn that Odysseus is determined to get home and nothing will get in his way.