ithaca: odysseus’ home
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Circe: Odysseus and his men stay with her for a year while she gives directions to the Underworld and suggests routes back to Ithaca. Scheria : After washing up here, the Phaeacians help Odysseus and send him home to Ithaca. Cicones : Odysseus and his men attack the tribe and lose some men. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Ithaca: Odysseus’ home
Troy: battleground of Trojan war
Cicones: Odysseus and his men attack the tribe and lose some men.
Lotus-eaters: feed Odysseus’ men fruit so Odysseus has to force them to leave.
Cyclopes: At Polyphemos’ cave, four men are killed, and Poseidon curses Odysseus for his actions.
Laestrygonians: The giants eat some of the men and destroy most of Odysseus’ ships.
Circe: Odysseus and his men stay with her for a year while she gives directions to the Underworld and suggests routes back to Ithaca.
Underworld: Odysseus seeks Teiresias’ advice and meets souls of the dead.
Scylla and Charybdis: Odysseus loses six men to the monster Scylla.
Helios: Odysseus and his men are stranded for a month when the men slaughter Helios’ cattle, prompting Zeus to cause the death of all of Odysseus’ men.
Ogygia: The nymph Calypso imprisons Odysseus for years, but the god Hermes ultimately convinces her to free Odysseus.
Scheria: After washing up here, the Phaeacians help Odysseus and send him home to Ithaca.