The Odyssey

Trojan war

1200 BCE

The trojan war was started by the Greeks against the people of Troy. This was so Helena was retrieved and brought back to Menelaus. Odysseus with his men fought along side the Greeks. This war lasted 10 years and a lot of his men died.

Trojan war Analysis

1200 BCE

Analysis- From the events that took place we can infer that Odysseus was in a good relationship with the Greek army. This can be said because of the fact that he is a very powerful man rich and famous. We can also infer that he lost some of his men because of nth nature of war.

Aeolus Bag Of Wind

1200 BCE

After the loony fought war of Troy Odysseus starts his trek home. Along side his men he was given a secreta gift that his men had no idea of. His men soon become wary oh Odysseus because he is keeping it secret. So they went against him and opened the bag and they zoomed right into danger causing some of his men to die. They soon get out of the Parral.

Aeolus Bag Of Wind Analysis

1200 BCE

Analysis- The main conflict of this part of the story is Trust dishonesty and betrayal. The men of Odysseus defied him and his wishes and opened up the the bag. This caused them to get into a conflict. And afterwards when Odysseus takes charge and gets them out of the situation the men start to respect him more.

Lotus-Eaters

1200 BCE

During Odysseus's trip back to Ithica he stumbles onto an island. But little did he know that this island would cause many inconveniences. This land was inhabited by a group of natives known as Lotus Eaters. This was because they only ate fruit and the lotus flowers that grow on the island. But for those lotuses that they eat cause them to forget where their home is forever stuck on the island. So with the help of Odysseus's leadership, they were successfully able to escape the island.

Lotus-Eaters Analysis

1200 BCE

This portion of the story mainly focuses on Odysseus and his relationship with his men. This takes place after his men disobeyed him and opened the bag of wind because of their lack of trust. So this portion went into how Odysseus is more open with his men and chooses to lead them to escape the island. This could have restored some of the trust that they had.

Cyclops

1200 BCE

Odysseus and his men stumbled along an island on their way home and decided that they should take refuge within a cave. Little did they know this cave belonged to a Cyclopes named polymephius. So Odysseus has a plan to get the Cyclopes drunk and stab his eye out. He also has to hid behind sheep during his escape to not be seen by him.

Cyclops Analysis

1200 BCE

During this portion of the story the conflict that is very parent is his cockiness. Because trough the story Odysseus is able to prevail trough his issues and get out of him alive. Because of this he becomes arrogant which almost caust his and his mens lives. So because of that from then on he was a lot lot errogant with his actions.

Circe Analysis

1200 BCE

For this portion of the story mainly of causes on the development of Odysseus leadership skills. This tests him because because of his poor judgement he almost caused the rest of his men to become pigs and trapped in the island. So the main takeaway form this portion is to not thanks things at face value and to be more cautious.

Scylla and Charybdis

1200 BCE

Durring this portion of the trip they spent the last few days on Circe’s island. And before they left she warned them of the Scylla, a six headed sea monster who destroy ships and the Charybdis a dangerous vortex. To evade this situation odeysseus has to say extreamly close to the rocks to avoid them. So he decides after everything he went trough he did not listen to her. Because of this 6 men died but that was the perfect distraction to kill the Scylla.

Scylla and Charybdis Analysis

1200 BCE

This portion of the story of causes on trust. This is because Odysseus received a warning/ tip from Circe. But because of everything she has done up until now he does not listen. So as you can see from this interaction it is clear that he doesn’t trust her but that is rightfully stated.

Helios’ cattle

1200 BCE

Durring his trip back to Ithaca after the war Odysseus was fast asleep. With little food left and the sudden realization of that they might starve to death eurolcheus decides that the only way fro them to survive is o consume the cattle of the sun. Little did they know that cattle belonged to the sun god helios, and because they ate his cattle and because those were Odysseus crew he took the Blair and was punished by Helios and Zeus. This was the main cause for his 7 year detour form his journey

Helios’ cattle Analysis

1200 BCE

This portion of causes on responsibility. This is because when his men ate the cattle along with the gods Odysseus also most likely took full responsibility. But as readers we could have predicted this because of his crews previous actions. The bag of wind incident caused them a lot to issues so this could have also Ben foreshadowed.

Home

1200 BCE

After a very long 20 years form the trojan war Odysseus finally returned to Ithaca. But him and his disappearance became widespread trough Ithaca, so a group of suitors decided to try to take his wife’s hand in marriage and take his fortune and house because of his absence. But his wife still had hope that he would return so she stalled the suitors with impossible task which only Odysseus is capable of doing. Soon Odysseus disguised as an old man comes home does the task and rightfully takes.

Home analysis

1200 BCE

This portion of the story focuases oh Odysseus and his wife’s relationship. This is because as readers we are supposed to suspect that his wife would think that Odysseus died and would have re married. But she shows the readers that this in not true and stays faithful. In the case of Odysseus he had the choice to be unfaithful and cheat oh is wife with circe but the better oh him stops him showing that they still loved each other even thought they haven’t seen each other for 20 years.

Circe

1200 BCE

Durring Odysseus trip home back to Ithaca he ran into an island. This island was inhabited by Circe who unknown to them was a witch. When they arrived on her island she made it very welcoming to Odysseus and his men. But this was a trick to keep them on her island. But worth the determination and wits of Odysseus they were able to escape the island.

Sirens

1200 BCE

During this portion of the story on his way back to Ithaca Odysseus and his crew had a very close encounter with sirens. Sea monsters who look like women who use their magical song to cause ships to crash. The way he overcame this nósticas was for his men to tie him up so he couldn’t move. He also instructed his men to plug up their ears so \the song would not have effect on them. And because of this quick thinking they were able to escape the deadly encounter.

Sirens Analysis

1200 BCE

For this portion of the story of causes again on Odysseus leadership skills. This is where they are tested because of the situation that they were in. He had to quickly formulate a plan to ensure their safety and the least amount of casualties. So this is a prime example of him showing amazing leadership skills.