English Odysseus

Question 1

chronological order of the events and obstacles encountered in Odysseus’s journey home

Answer 1

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The Island of the Cicones: they stop for supplies and The Cicones attack on horseback, and Odysseus lost 72 of his men.

2The Island of the Lotus Eaters: Odysseus sends his men out to search for food, and has to recover them when they eat the Lotus Flower.

3The Island of the Cyclopes:

4The Island of Aeolus: Aeolus, the god of the winds
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The Island of the Laestrygonians: The Laestrygonians, a race of cannibals, eat the Greeks. Only the men on Odysseus’ ship and himself survive.

6.Circe’s Island: Circe turns Odysseus’ men to swine, but Odysseus is protected from her magic with the help of Hermes, who gave him a magical herb called Moly. Odysseus ends up staying there for what seems like a short time, but ended up being a couple years. Before Odysseus departs, Circe finally tells him that he needs to find the blind prophet Teiresias in the Underworld.

7The Underworld:

8The Island of the Sirens: Odysseus and his men pass here, an island with women singing their luring songs, trying to reel in sailors. So they do not hear, Odysseus fills his mens ears with beeswax, and he has them tie him to the mast.

9Scylla and Charybdis:

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