THE ODYSSEY

TROY

ISMARUS

LOTUS EATERS

CYCLOPS

• A Cyclops trapped Odysseus and his men, and to escape they got him drunk and stabbed him in the eye. Then Odysseus attached his men to the bottom of the giant sheep so they would be undetectable.

AEOLIA

LESTRYGONIANS

• They destroy all of Odysseus' ships, except the one he is sailing on

AEAEA

• Circe turned Odysseus' men into pigs
• She convinced Odysseus to stay with her for a year

LAND OF THE DEAD

• Odysseus has to consult the blind prophet Tiresias
• While in hell, he sees his mother and elpenor, but can't touch her

SIRENS

• Odysseus has his men plug their ears, and he gets tied to the ship's mast.
• He listens to their luring songs and doesn't crash his ship.

SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS

• Scylla was a sea monster that ate six of his men
• Charybdis was a whirlpool that they avoided

CATTLE OF THE SUN GOD

• Helios warned Odysseus and his men not to eat the cattle
• They eat because they get hungry, and all his men die except Odysseus

OGYGIA

• Odysseus stays with calypso for seven years

PHACEACIANS

• Odysseus told his journey to the Phaeacians

ITHACA