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Odyssey Journey

  • Jan 1, 1200

    The Trojan War

  • Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Dec 13, 1220

    Odyssey Journey

  • Jan 1, 1210

    Five First Encounters

    Odysseus leaves Troy, meets the Kirkonians, sails to the land of the Lotus Eaters, fights and blinds Polyphemus, gets the bag of winds from Aiolos, and goes to the land of the Laestrygonians.
  • Jan 1, 1211

    Circe

    Odysseys is with Circe for a year.
  • Jan 1, 1212

    Underworld

    Odysseys travels to the Underworld.
  • Jan 1, 1212

    Sirens

    Odysseus is warned about the Sirens, and makes his men wear beeswax in their ears so they do not hear their voices and tells them to keep him tied up, while listening to the song.
  • Jan 1, 1212

    Scylla and Charybdis

    The ship meets Scylla and Charybdis and many of Odysseus's men die.
  • Jan 1, 1212

    Helio's Island

    They land on Helios's Island, but get close to their death for famine has taken over, and they eat his cattle, making him angry and so he tells Zeus what they did and he punishes them.
  • Jan 1, 1213

    Calypso

    Calypso falls in love with Odysseus and has him stay on her island for seven years.
  • Jan 1, 1220

    Phaiakians

    Odysseus meets the Phaiakians.
  • Jan 15, 1220

    Home

    After Telemachus goes on his travels and goes back home, Odysseus returns disguised because Athena helped him.
  • Jan 20, 1220

    Suitors

    Odysseus defeats the suitors and gets back together with Penelope, his loyal wife.