Troy--Odysseus fought in The Trojan War
Ismarus--Odysseus and his crew sacked and looted the Cicones
Cyclopes--blinded Polyphemus, son of Poseidon, for which Poseidon was royally upset; revealed to Polyphemus who he was and got a curse put on him: Odysseus shall not return home, but if he does return home, let him be late, alone, and with trouble in his home
Aeolia--Aeolus gave Odysseus a leather bag of wind tied with silver wire
Telepylus--several crew members eaten by the Laestrygonian people; the ship Odysseus was on was the only one to survive
Aeaea--Odysseus was Circe's bed partner for a year; Circe sent them on their way with some supplies and advice
Hades--went to Hades and sought the advice of Teiresias, the blind prophet; warned of the Sun God's Isle; after he returns home, Odysseus is to find a people who do not know of the oar and teach them, plant the oar, and then make an offering to Poseidon, then he will be free of Poseidon's curse
Aeaea--Circe warns Odysseus of the Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis
Sirens--Odysseus puts wax in his mens' ears so they do not fall into the Sirens song; Odysseus is tied to the mast of the ship to know when the singing is over
Scylla--six of Odysseus's best men eaten by a six-headed monster
Charybdis--Odysseus lost all of his men to the whirlpool who spits up the sea red-hot
Sun God's Isle--Odysseus's men demanded to rest; ate some of the Sun god's precious cattle; Hyperion smashed the ship and made a storm; Odysseus drifted for nine days until he ended up on the Isle of Ogygia, home of Calypso
Ogygia--Odysseus stayed there for seven years while being courted by Calypso; sent on his way home when Hermes, the messenger of the gods, told Calypso to let Odysseus go
Phaecia--Odysseus reached the land of the Phaecians after 19 days, nine of those at sea, and with the unacceptable hurt from Poseidon and the help of Athena; met Nausicaa on her journey, inspired by Athena; Nausicaa clothed and bathed him and took him back to the Palace of Alcinous; Odysseus challenged in the Phaecian Games, and Odysseus won; Odysseus begins his explanation of his journey
Ithaca--Alcinous helps Odysseus home; Athena helps Odysseus plan his revenge of the suitors; at Eumaeus's hut, Odysseus, disguised as an old beggar, discovers that Eumaeus, his shepherd, is still faithful; meanwhile, Athena goes to help Telemachus home; Telemachus goes to Eumaeus's hut on Athena's advice; they plan a strategy
Home--Odysseus kills all of the suitors and the slaves and maids who have violated him and his wife, Penelope; wins back the love of his wife, Penelope
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