The Odyssey

  • 1200 BCE

    Book 1

    Book 1
    Odysseus' crew eat helios's cows so they all die
  • 1196 BCE

    Book 5

    Book 5
    Odysseus is captured by Calypso on her island
  • 1196 BCE

    Book 5

    Book 5
    Hermes tells calypso to set Odysseus
  • 1192 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Odysseus tells his story to the king Alcinious
  • 1192 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    The crew came across the lotus eaters.
  • 1192 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    The crew are trapped but then kill the cyclops.
  • 1190 BCE

    Book 10

    Book 10
    Odysseus receives the bag of winds and right before he got home a member opened and blew them off course.
  • 1190 BCE

    Book 10

    Book 10
    Circe turns men into pigs Odysseus tricks her and they live happily there for a year
  • 1189 BCE

    Book 11

    Book 11
    Odysseus went to the land of the dead for advice from a dead prophet.
  • 1187 BCE

    Book 12

    Book 12
    Odysseus tied himself to the mast to hear the Sirens song.
  • 1187 BCE

    Book 12

    Book 12
    Odysseus sacrificed his men to get past Scylla and Charybdis.
  • 1171 BCE

    Book 16

    Book 16
    Odysseus reunites with his son after 20 years
  • 1171 BCE

    Book 16

    Book 16
    Odysseus finally makes it home.
  • 1170 BCE

    Book 18

    Book 18
    Odysseus disguised as a beggar interacted with all the suitors.
  • 1170 BCE

    Book 21

    Book 21
    None of the suitors could string Odysseus' bow.
  • 1169 BCE

    Book 21

    Book 21
    Odysseus passes the test with relative ease.
  • 1169 BCE

    Book 22

    Book 22
    Odysseus and Telemachus killed all the suitors.
  • 1169 BCE

    Book 23

    Book 23
    Penelope tests Odysseus on his bed which he of course passed thus ends the story of Odysseus.
  • 1169 BCE

    Book 22

    Book 22
    The suitors try to kill Odysseus and Telemachus.