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Trojan War
Odysseus is fighting in the Trojan War -
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Trojan War
Trojan War lasts 10 year -
Cicones
Odysseus lands in the island of Ismara and encounters the Ciconians -
Lotus Eaters
Odysseus' men become addicted to the Lotus -
Cyclops
Odysseus and his men are trapped in an island with a Cyclops but they are able to escape -
Aeolus
Odysseus meets Aeolus, the god of the wind, who gives him a bag full of bad winds -
Ithaca
The boat almost reaches Ithaca, but is blown back to Aeolus' island by the bad winds -
Laestrygones
Odysseus and his men are attacked by a tribe of cannibals -
Circe
Odysseus and his men land on the island of Aeaea, where Circe lives. She turns some of the men into pigs -
Underworld
Odysseus visits the underworld in order to save his men -
Back to Circe
Odysseusgoes back to Circes' island after visiting the underworld -
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Circe
Odysseus stays with Circe for a year -
Scylla and Charybdis
Odysseus' boat, sails through the two creatures and loses some men -
Helio's Island
Odysseus and his men land on Helios' island and eat his sacred cattle -
Zeus' Lightning Bolt
Zeus strikes Odysseus' boat with a lightning bolt, killing all his men -
Calypso
Odysseus lands on Calypso's island -
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Circe
Odysseus lives with Circe for seven years. She lets him go beacause Zeus tells her to -
King Alcinious
Odysseus sails on a raft to King Alcinious' island -
Homecoming
Odysseus takes a boat from King Alcinious' island all the way to Ithaca
