the odyssey by homer. the trojan war is over and odysseus heads home for ithaca

THE ODYSSEYTHE ODYSSEY

By HOMERBy HOMER

THE TROJAN WAR IS OVERAND ODYSSEUS HEADS

HOME FOR ITHACA.

BUT HE IS BLOWN OFF COURSE!

He went first to the land of the Ciconians and then to the land of the

Lotus-eaters.

"From Troy the wind bore me and brought me to the Cicones, to Ismarus. There I sacked the city and slew the men; and from the city we took their wives and great store of treasure, and divided them among us..."

THREE MEN FELLTHREE MEN FELLIN WITH THE LOTUSIN WITH THE LOTUSEATERS, AND FORGOTEATERS, AND FORGOTTHEIR HOMELAND.THEIR HOMELAND.

Odysseus drags them Odysseus drags them back aboard the ships.back aboard the ships.

And later he sailed to the land of the CYCLOPES

Polyphemus

What are you

going to do with that hot stick?

I JUST POKEDI JUST POKEDOUT OUT NOBODY’SNOBODY’S

EYE!EYE!

So he sailed to Aeolus 2

DON’T OPENTHE BAG!

But when the ships are But when the ships are in sight of Ithaca, in sight of Ithaca, Odysseus' men get Odysseus' men get curious and open the curious and open the bag of windsbag of winds

Away from Aeolus, Odysseus and his fleet come to a strange place called the Land of the LaestrygoniansLaestrygonians.. The people here are cannibals and they eat some of Odysseus' men. Then they launch rocks from the high cliffs, destroying 11 of Odysseus' 12 ships. Odysseus is compelled to leave

with only his ship.

When Odysseus arrived on

Aeaea,Aeaea, Circe touched his comrades with a wand and turned them into wolves, swine, asses and lion.

“YOUR MEN MAKE FINE

BEASTS”

You’ve beenYou’ve been here a year,here a year,

GO TOGO TO HADESHADES

In Hades he met the souls of Achilles, Agamemnon, and

others.

Odysseus at Hades

I’ll make him tell me

what I want to know

Isn’t he already dead?

Having left Circe Odysseus sailed past

the SIRENS.

CATCHYCATCHY TUNETUNE!

WHY DO I HAVEWHY DO I HAVE WAX IN MY EARS WAX IN MY EARS

AND WHY DOES AND WHY DOES THE BOSS HAVETHE BOSS HAVE

THAT LOOKTHAT LOOK IN HIS EYE?IN HIS EYE?

In sailing past the cliff of Scylla, she snatched some of his comrades, and gobbled them up

JUST A LITTLE

BIT CLOSER!

Odysseus is the only survivor of a storm, and finally floats up

on the island of Ogygia.Ogygia.

You have to You have to stay here for stay here for

7 years!7 years!

OK, CALYPSOOK, CALYPSO

‘”Feast of the Nymph Calypso for Odysseus" by Jan Brueghel) ca. 1616

HE IS FINALLY SENT HOME ON A RAFT ON

THE COMMAND OF THE GODS.

BUT HIS RAFTBUT HIS RAFTBREAKS APART!BREAKS APART!

He was washed up naked on the shore of the Phaeacians, where Nausicaa, the daughter of King Alcinous, was washing the clothes.

WELCOME,WELCOME,STRANGERSTRANGER.

ALCINOUS FURNISHESALCINOUS FURNISHESA SHIP TO FINALLY A SHIP TO FINALLY TAKE ODYSSEUS HOME.TAKE ODYSSEUS HOME.

MEANWHILE, HIS WIFEMEANWHILE, HIS WIFEPENELOPE HAS BEENPENELOPE HAS BEENSTALLING HER SUITORS.STALLING HER SUITORS.

YOU’LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I FINISH

WEAVING THIS.

WHAT WILL HAPPENWHAT WILL HAPPENWHEN ODYSSEUSWHEN ODYSSEUSRETURNS HOME?RETURNS HOME?

READ ON READ ON TO FIND OUT.TO FIND OUT.