Odyssey Timeline By benjamin Jan 1, 1200 Odysseus begins his journey Sep 25, 1200 He raids the Cicones Jun 24, 1201 He saves his men from eating the Lotus Jul 27, 1202 Odysseus and his men arrive in the land of the Cyclops Apr 17, 1203 Odysseus lands on the island of Aeolus where he is giving winds to blow him to Ithaca Apr 18, 1203 Odysseus is blown toward Ithaca Feb 10, 1204 Only Odysseus and 45 of his men survive the cannibals from Laestrygones Period: Jul 26, 1204 to Jul 26, 1205 Odysseus meets the godess Circe and stays there for a year Nov 27, 1205 Odysseus travles to the land of the dead as Circe told them to Sep 19, 1207 Odysseus and his men travle back to Circe Dec 20, 1208 Odysseus travles by Scylla and Charybdis and six od his men die Apr 22, 1210 Odyseus' men eat on Helios' cattle making Zeus mad Period: Jun 12, 1211 to Jun 12, 1218 Odysseus stays with Calypso for seven years Aug 7, 1219 King Alcinous sends Oydsseus home to Ithaca Jan 1, 1220 Odysseus is home