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Period: 1 CE to 10
trojan war
He started in troy as a general in a war that lasted 10 years. But, he invented the Trojan horse and beat the EViL DuDEs in the war. But, he didn´t pray to the gods, so Poseidon hated him. -
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Cicones
Odysseus and his men raided the island of Cicones and took there stuff. He told his men to hurry up the process, but they got drunk and got in a fight with the Cicones army. They where losing but they kept fighting back and lost six branches of men. -
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Island of the lotus eaters
After the battle at Cicones, Odysseys and his crew set out to the island of the locus eaters. The locus is some sort of magical plant/drug that makes you lose all scence of reality and the only thing they want to do is eat more locus plant. He sent to scouts to find out more about the area, but he found out they just got addicted. -
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cyclopes
After the encounter with the locus-eaters, he sets of to a island populated with large, evil cyclopes.They went inside a large cave and found some cheese and wine. Even though his men wanted to leave, Odysseus stayed and as they eat the cheese, and then a giant cyclopes walks in. Polyphemus (the cyclopes) eats 2 men. -
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laestragonians
They left to the land of the laestragonians, They didn't like the new people so they destroyed all but 1 ship, -
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cyclopes prt 2
He tells the cyclopes his name is nohbdy, intoxicates him and binds him when he's sleeping.He gets angry and starts to yell, "NOBODY BINDED ME" but nobody helped him. They got away by hiding under his sheep. -
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Aeolia
They landed on Aeolia, home of Aeolus. He helps them by gathering up all the bad winds and putting them in a bottle. He also makes them leave because he thinks that there journey is cursed by the gods. -
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Aeaea
He stops on Aeaea, runs into Hermes, eats poisonous plant that will make Circe weak (??) and bully's Circe. Circe tells them to go to Tiresias, some Prophet in the underworld if they want to go back home. -
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Hades
He goes to Hades in the Underworld and talks to Tiresias. He tells the crew that they must go to Scylla and Charybdis, but go through Scylla. -
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The sirens
The Sirens sing songs that nobody care resist, so Odysseus gives everyone but himself wax for their ears. His men tie him to the mast so he can't go to the Sirens. When they are out of range, He tells his men that they can take it out of their ears. -
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Scylla
They go to the place where Scylla and Charybdis live, and they see a giant whirlpool and a cave. They go to the cave where Scylla lives. (as Tiresias says) When she strikes, she only takes three men instead of all of them. -
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Sun god's cows
They go to the land of the sun god's cattle, where he tells his men not to touch any of the cows, but they go anyway. Helios kills everyone except for Odysseus. He was left on his ships wreckage, finds himself with Scylla and Charybdis again, but survives thanks to Zeus. -
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Ogygia
He finally ends up in Ogygia, where the Nymph Calypso lives. She tries to keep Odysseus there for eleven years, until he gets freed from Zeus, and he sails for home. -
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Phaeacia
As he was traveling on his tiny boat, it go destroyed by Poseidon wo is still mad at him. He washed up on the shores of Phaeacia where he was helped by King Alcinous who gave him a ship and food and rest. -
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Ithaca
He makes it home, Athena discuses him as a beggar, and talks to his son, and tries to reclaim his title as king. He gets in a fight with some suitors, eventually wins with the help of his Dad. he has made it home and has taken back his title as king.