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Different places. in the. Odyssey. By: Drew McClain. Troy. Odysseus leaves with 12 ships and 144 men. Ismarus. Odysseus and his men attack the Ciconians and he loses half his men. Straits of Malea. Zeus creates a storm to blow them off course. Land of the Lotus Eaters.
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Different places in the Odyssey By: Drew McClain
Troy • Odysseus leaves with 12 ships and 144 men
Ismarus • Odysseus and his men attack the Ciconians and he loses half his men
Straits of Malea • Zeus creates a storm to blow them off course
Land of the Lotus Eaters • A couple members of Odysseus’ crew ate the lotus flowers which made them forget about their families and homes • Some of the crew members had to be dragged back to the ship
Land of the Cyclops • Odysseus stayed too long in Polyphemus’ cave and more of his men were killed • Odysseus blinds Polyphemus angering Polyphemus’ father Posedion
Aeolia • Odysseus is given a bag of wind from Aeolus - god of the wind
Coast of Ithaca • Odysseus’ men believe there is gold in the bag • They open it while Odysseus is sleeping and are sent back to Aeolia
Aeolia • Aeolus refuses to give Odysseus another bag of wind
Lamos • Is home of the giant cannibals • All ships are destroyed except Odysseus’ because he kept his ship out of the harbor
Aeaea • Is the home of Circe • Circe turns Odysseus’ men into pigs • Circe helps Odysseus by telling him to go to Hades (Land of the Dead) • Odysseus stays in Aeaea for one year
Land of the Dead • Odysseus asks Tiresias, the blind poet, how to get home
Island of the Sirens • The sirens lure sailors to the shore with their beautiful songs then the sailors die on the shore • Odysseus is the only one allowed to hear their songs
Syclla • Scylla is a six headed monster that eats six of Odysseus’ men
Trinacria • Home of the sun god’s cattle and sheep • Odysseus’ men eat some sheep and cattle which angers the sun god
Coast of Trinacria • The sun god urges Zeus to create a storm • The storm kills the last of Odysseus’ men and wrecks his ship
Charybdis • A whirlpool • Odysseus survives by grabbing hold of a tree branch
Ogygia • Odysseus stays with Calypso for eight years
Phaecians • Odysseus is helped by Nausicca, King Alcinous, and Queen Arete • He is escorted home
Ithaca • Odysseus arrives home