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Period: 1210 BCE to 1210 BCE
suitors/home Analysis
Odysseus finds himself at Ithaca after his 20-year journey. Though he does not realize he is home. He tricks everybody as an old man so he can sneak into his house with the evil suitors being unaware of who he is. The suitors have grown angry, so Penelope holds an archery contest with the winner receiving her hand in marriage. Odysseus as the old man wins the contest and reveals himself. He kills the suitors and embraces Penelope. Here the Odyssey ends. -
1209 BCE
suitors/home
Penelope is sad about Odysseus and the suitors will not leave her house she doesn't yet know I the old man is Odysseus and it matches up pretty well but for now, she still thinks he is dead in his long journey. for Penelope right in marriage, they have to do an athletic archery contest with the prize being her husband. This shows Odysseus gains something because later he is going to kill all the suitors and get his wife back. -
1208 BCE
helios cattle
In Greek mythology, the Cattle of Helio was owned by Helios the god of the sun. also, the cattle were called the Oxen of the Sun. Odysseus' men eat the cattle when they weren't supposed to, causing Helios to be mad. Zeus strikes Odysseus' ship for Helios' pleasure. -
Period: 1208 BCE to 1208 BCE
helios cattle Analysis
Helios, who in Greek mythology is the god of the Sun, is said to have an of oxen and seven flocks of sheep according to greek mythologist's this was bad because in the story in the odyssey Odysseus men ate and feasted on the cattle when Odysseus was asleep. Odysseus loses and instead of gains because when his men ate the cattle the gods got mad and made his journey even longer. -
1207 BCE
scylla and charybdis
Scylla was a six-headed monster who lived on a rock on one side of a strait. Charybdis was a lake on the other side. When ships passed close to Scylla's rock to avoid Charybdis. -
Period: 1207 BCE to 1207 BCE
scylla and charybdis Analysis
Odysseus' crew tied him up on the sail so that he wouldn't blow away. Once they got off of the ship, they met Scylla. Scylla is a six-headed monster who lives in a cave high up on that rocky cliff. Odysseus loses in this situation because most of his men died in the Scylla battle. -
1206 BCE
sirens
Siren are creatures that are half bird and half woman who take sailors to destruction by the singing of their voice. -
Period: 1206 BCE to 1206
sirens Analysis
Sirens were creatures from Greek mythology who sing to sailors to their destruction with their beautiful singing. Their most famous appearance is in Homer's Odyssey with the hero Odysseus. But what Odysseus did to avoid the siren's power to sing Odysseus had plugged his men's ears beeswax kneaded soft and ordered them to tie him to the mast of the ship, Odysseus learns to protect his men and be a better leader. -
1205 BCE
circle
Circe, a Greek legend is the daughter of Helios, the sun god She was very powerful she was able using her powers to change humans into wolves and lions and bears and swine. Odysseus visited her island, Aeaea, with his war men who she changed into swine and made them stay dor a lone time. -
Period: 1205 BCE to 1205 BCE
circle analysis
Circe's home, she got his men drunk and then turned them into pigs to curse Odysseus but Odysseus finds an alternative and turns his men back to the normal in the story. circle is a greek god that can change people into weird animals and was most popular when Odysseus and his men stayed at her land and turn Odysseus men into swine and had feast and drink for over a year which lead them to never want to go home. Odysseus gains information from circle to be nicer and stop being greedy. -
1204 BCE
aeouls-bag of wind
Aeolus God of the winds gave a bag to Odysseus that contained air inside needed for his return home. The only rule was it should never be opened, but the long exhausting trip made Odysseus fall asleep, his greedy and treacherous shipmates looking for treasures untied the bag and released the air which forced them all back to Aeolus' island a second time, but now he refused to help. -
Period: 1204 BCE to 1204 BCE
aeouls-bag of wind analysis
in the story, Odyssey Aeolus gave Odysseus a wind and a bag in Odysseus' when Odysseusgot bag the winds escaped and drove them back to the island. Odysseus loses the respect of his men because they thought the bag of wind was gold. -
Period: 1203 BCE to 1203 BCE
cyclops Analysis
Polyphemus the cyclops traps Odysseus and his men in a cave, behind a rock. Only the cyclops are strong enough to move the rock, so Odysseus can't escape. but later his men came back later to stab him in his eye. Odysseus gained information One of the lessons he learns is the dangers of his pride. -
1202 BCE
cyclops
in the next land in the book the Odyssey, there was a giant man who is a Cyclopes. They decide to investigate and determine if the Cyclopes are friends or enemies. Odysseus and twelve men decide to investigate the Cyclop and wait in the Cyclops's cave while the Cyclops tend to his sheep. The Cyclops, Polyphemus, who is Poseidon's son comes back and eats some of the men and traps the rest in his cave. Odysseus blinds Polyphemus, and the survivors reboard the ship and sail away -
1201 BCE
lotos eaters
In the book odyssey the crew lands near the land of the Lotus Eaters. Odysseus sends two men to see what the natives are like.The natives devour a certain kind of magic lotus. The lotus causes anyone who eats it to become crazy with it and not want to return home. The men fall victim to the plant and Odysseus forcibly brings them back to the ship. The crew sets sail again. -
1201 BCE
lotos eaters Analysis
Odysseus and his men found this land producing its lotus-like flowers. They got this name due to their unique properties and that kept them in a state forever of forgetfulness and never want to come home. So when the men ate the flower, they all just stopped caring and didn't want to leave the iland and never come back home, Odysseus learned that some of his men are weak. They would rather live in the land of the Lotus-Eaters than return home. -
1200 BCE
Trojan War
The Trojan War, in Greek mythology, is a war between the Greeks and the people of Troy. The war began after the Trojan prince Paris kidnapped Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta. At night the Greeks returned, their companions crept out of the horse and opened the city gates, and later Troy was destroyed in the war. -
Period: 1200 BCE to 1200 BCE
trojen war Analysis
Trojan War, in Greek mythology, is a war between the Greeks and the people of Troy. The war began after the Trojan prince Paris kidnapped Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta. At night the Greeks returned, their companions crept out of the horse. Odysseus gains from this because he finally won the long war and is ready to see his wife Penelope.
