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The Odyssey

  • 1200 BCE

    Book 1

    Book 1
    Odysseus wanders into the ocean. he's wandered for 8 years.
  • 1200 BCE

    Book 1

    Book 1
    People are wondering when Odysseus is coming back. they think he's dead sot the men are wanting to marry Penelope
  • 1199 BCE

    Book 5

    Book 5
    Calypso helps Odysseus build a raft to go back to his wife. She asks him why you are leaving me. He said that he will never cheat on his wife.
  • 1199 BCE

    Book 5

    Book 5
    Odysseus goes to some island and finds a woman named Calypso. Calypso then holds Odysseus captive for several years.
  • 1199 BCE

    Book 5

    Book 5
    Hermes is sent by the other gods to tell Calypso to stop holding Odysseus captive. Calypso then frees him.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Odysseus and his soldiers pray to Athena. they make wine for Polyphemus and give it to him.Polyphemus goes into a deep sleep from the wine.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Odysseus and his men grab the spear and stab Polyphemus in his eye.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Odysseus goes with his men into a cave and find out its Polyphemus' cave
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    the cyclops eats two of his men. and puts the rest aside.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Polyphemus screams and other cyclops ask whats wrong. He responds that Nohbdy has stabbed me and ruined my life.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Odysseus tells Polyphemus that it's his fault all this happened. Then said the gods wanted this and now you pay.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Odysseus gathered the thickest of Polyphemus' animals and put it on the boat.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Odysseus has to survive the sea with Posiden trying to kill him for what he did to his son
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    odysseus lands on Scheria and tells King of Scheria about his journey.
  • 1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Book 9
    Polyphemus then hears Odysseus leaving so he grabs the rock covering the cave. Then throws it at Odysseus and his men.
  • 1197 BCE

    Book 10

    Book 10
    Odysseus and his men land on the island of Aeolus. Aeolus gives them a gift of a bag of air that will get them to where they have to go. Then when Odysseus falls asleep and his soldiers use the wind. so now they have to row to boat.
  • 1197 BCE

    Book 10

    Book 10
    Odysseus and his crew sail to another land called Aeaea where Circe lives who people call a witch. So Odysseus goes with Circe and later Odysseus' men turn into pigs. Odysseus gets a certain food to return them back. Then Odysseus and Circe have a love relationship and its an affair
  • 1196 BCE

    Book 11

    Book 11
    Odysseus goes to the land of the dead to get his crewmate back in order to get back to his journey. when he goes to the land of the dead he meets Elpenor his dead soldier. Then he meets his mother Anticleia who Odysseus didn't even know that she died. Then lastly he meets Tiresias and Tiresias tells Odysseus not to eat the cattle of Helios.
  • 1196 BCE

    Book 11

    Book 11
    Odysseus goes to Scheria to talk to the king for him to help Odysseus. Odysseus goes back to the land of the dead and sees some Greek gods until Agamemnon tells Odysseus to be careful when he goes back home.
  • 1195 BCE

    Book 12

    Book 12
    Odysseus and his men encounter Charybdis and Scylla. one is on one side an the other is on the other. Odysseus loses a lot of his men and land of the Land Of Helios
  • 1195 BCE

    Book 12

    Book 12
    Odysseus goes back to Circe because he made a promise to bury his soldiers in the land of Aeaea
  • 1195 BCE

    Book 12

    Book 12
    Odysseus and his men make a plan. Odysseus would be tied up and his soldiers would have some ear plugs to not listen to the sirens.
  • 1194 BCE

    Book 16

    Book 16
    Odysseus arrives at his island and Athena disguises him as an old man because no one notices it's Odysseus.
  • 1194 BCE

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    odysseus then meets his son and is extremely happy to see him. He hugged and cried.
  • 1194 BCE

    Book 16

    Book 16
    Athena then takes the spell off of Odysseus and Telemachus sees his father after 20 years.
  • 1194 BCE

    Book 16

    Book 16
    Odysseus and Telemachus go to their house and Athena puts the disguise and they have to walk withour being next to each other or looking at each other.
  • 1193 BCE

    Book 17

    Book 17
    Odysseus goes home and while he goes home he sees a dog. the dog's name was Argos, and he was Odysseus' dog before he left. The dog realized that the man is Odysseus. after he finally saw his master he died.
  • 1193 BCE

    Book 21

    Book 21
    Odysseus goes to his home and sees Penelope. but when he gets closer, she is crying because she believes that Odysseus died.
  • 1193 BCE

    Book 21

    Book 21
    When Odysseus gives it a shot, Odysseus gets the arrow and puts the thread through no problem. Then he patiently gets the arrow ready while people and suitors are laughing at him.
  • 1192 BCE

    Book 21

    Book 21
    Penelope does a tournament to see that anyone who could shoot an arrow through 12 axe handles would take her hand in marriage.
  • 1192 BCE

    Book 21

    Book 21
    Odysseus then tries to compete for Penelope while in his disguise and gets it through and wins.
  • 1191 BCE

    Book 22

    Book 22
    After Odysseus gets the arrow through the holes of an ax, he kills the men who were trying to get his wife
  • 1191 BCE

    Book 22

    Book 22
    The first person he kills is Antinous in the throat because he is the leader and is the main guy who is trying to take Odysseus' wife.
  • 1191 BCE

    Book 22

    Book 22
    After Odysseus kills Antinous, Telemachus and Odysseus go after the rest of the men and killing them while the people outside heard the men screaming for help.
  • 1190 BCE

    Book 23

    Book 23
    Odysseus bathes with oils before he goes and talks to Penelope.
  • 1190 BCE

    Book 23

    Book 23
    Odysseus is at home with his wife but Odysseus and Penelope don't talk and Penelope doesn't believe that it's actually Odysseus
  • 1190 BCE

    Book 23

    Book 23
    Penelope tests Odysseus about moving his bed. Then Odysseus is furious by explaining to her about his bed. That he made that tree out of an olive tree. Then Penelope knew it was her real husband.
  • 1190 BCE

    Book 23

    Book 23
    Odysseus has to do one more thing, he has to go back to Posiden. He has to drop an ore in the sea, then he will have peace with Posiden and for the rest of his life.