The OdysseyEpic poem by Homer

1. An extended adventurous voyage or trip.

2. An intellectual or spiritual quest

(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/odyssey)

The Odyssey

Mythological story

May have some basis in fact

Remains of walled city found in modern Turkey

The Trojan War

OdysseusThe HeroStrength BraveryGuileLoyalty

The ZeroPride CuriosityAnger

The Quest

http://summit.k12.co.us/schools/shs/computer/lfrykholm/map.html

Lotus Eaters

http://www.schubart.net/archives/2004/07/31/lotus-flower

Cyclops

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/cgodsandgoddesses/ig/Cyclops/Cyclops.--0k.htm

Circe

http://www.mythman.com

Sirens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_William_Waterhouse_-_Ulysses_and_the_Sirens_(1891).jpg

Scylla & Charybdis

Aeolus, the wind king Hermes, the messenger god Circe Tiresias, the blind prophet Calypso Alcinous, King of the Phaeacians Athena, the goddess of wisdom & war

Friends

The Underworld

http://www.mythman.com

Thrinacia

http://www.mythman.com/

Calypso’s Rescue

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arnold_B%C3%B6cklin_008.jpg

Odysseus Defeats Suitors

http://www.flickr.com/photos/litmuse/72834620/

Odysseus & Penelope Reunited

http://www.great-romances.com/category/greek-mythology/

Timeline of EventsThe Odyssey

Encounters Lotus Eaters

Encounters Cyclops - 6 men

Travels to the Underworld

Returns to Circe for advice

Land on Thrinacia; men eat cattle

Marooned on Calypso’s island for 7 years

Washes up on island of Phaeacians; aided by Alcinous

Returns home; defeats suitors w/ aid of gods; regains trust of wife & home

Odysseus leaves Troy with 12 ships

& 720 men

Aided by Aelous, the wind king

Laestrygones destroy ships with boulders

Lands on Circe’s island

Encounters Sirens, Scylla & Charybdis