ODYSSEUS' JOURNEY

cicones

• Odysseus and his men stop to get supplies and end up being attacked
• by the natives.

the lotus eaters

• Odysseus and his men stop at an island where the natives
• eat a flower/plant that makes you forget about home.

THE CYCLOPS

• Odysseus and his men stop at an island because
• Odysseus wants to see a cyclops in person. His
• curiosity gets him and his men trapped in the cyclops'
• cave.

THE ISLAND OF AEOLUS

• Aeolus, god of winds, gives Odysseus a bag of bad winds to help them get home.
• His crew disobeys orders and opens the bags.

Laesrtygonians

• Odysseus and his men visit an island of giant canibals
• who destroyed every ship but Odysseus' ship. Everyone on Odysseus' ship
• survived.

island of circe

• Odysseus' men get turned into pigs by the witch Circe,
• so Odysseus defeats the witch and frees his men.

land of the dead

• Odysseus goes to the land of the dead to talk to a dead
• prophet.

ISLAND OF CIRCE

• Odysseus goes back to the island of Circe and
• receives a warning about the obstacles he will
• face in the future.

SIRENS

• The sirens' song attracts Odysseus' men toward them
• so Odysseus puts beeswax into their ears so that
• they couldn't hear them.

Scylla and Charybdis

• Scylla and Charybdis are two sea monsters that Odysseus faces
• on his journey back home.

sun god

• Odysseus' men killed the sun god's cattle, so he prayed to Zeus
• to kill them. Zeus destroyed their ship and all of Odysseus' menu.

CALYPSO'S ISLAND

• Calypso holds Odysseus captive for 7 years.

The land of the Phaeacians

• Odysseus tell the Phaeacians about his long journey home at a
• feast.