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The Odyssey

  • Book 1
    1200 BCE

    Book 1

    Odysseus wanders into the ocean and is gone wandering for eight years.
  • Book 1
    1200 BCE

    Book 1

    People think Odysseus is dead and are wondering where he is. They also think he is trying to avoid marriage with Penelope.
  • Book 5
    1199 BCE

    Book 5

    Odysseus raft breaks because of the storms and ends up on island stichia. He ends up coming across a woman named Calypso , she ends up keeping he captive for many years.
  • Book 5
    1199 BCE

    Book 5

    Zeus sends Hermes to tell Calypso to let Odysseus go. Then she ends up letting him go
  • Book 5
    1199 BCE

    Book 5

    Builds a raft to go back to his wife and Calypso asks why. He tells her he needs to go back to her cause he can never be unfaithful.
  • Book 9
    1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Odysseus and his crew go into caves not knowing it's Polyphemus cave.
  • Book 9
    1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Odysseus and his men give Polyphemus wine that puts him to sleep for a long time. That is after they cried out to Athena.
  • Book 9
    1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Odysseus goes back to Scheria and tells the king of Scheria about his long and crazy journey.
  • Book 9
    1198 BCE

    Book 9

    The Cyclops ends up eating two of Odysseus men and leaves the rest surprisingly.
  • Book 9
    1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Polyphemus goes crazy to the point where the other cyclops ask him what happened. He says that "Nobody" stabbed him and ruined everything.
  • Book 9
    1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Polyphemus ends up seeing Odysseus trying to leave so he throws a rock at him and his men.
  • Book 9
    1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Odysseus tells Polyphemus that he didn't want to do all of that but that is what the gods wanted.
  • Book 9
    1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Poseidon is trying to kill Odysseus because of what he did to his son . Odysseus has to survive
  • Book 9
    1198 BCE

    Book 9

    They end up stab Polyphemus with a spear in his eye.
  • Book 9
    1198 BCE

    Book 9

    Odysseus put all of Polyphemus thickest animals on a boat.
  • Book 10
    1197 BCE

    Book 10

    Odysseus ends up falling asleep and his men open the ox skin , thinking they were going to find treasure. But they end up realising squalls that blow them back to Aeolus island.
  • Book 10
    1197 BCE

    Book 10

    After escaping the Cyclops, Odysseus and his men arrive at the home of Aeolus. Which is the master of the winds where they are greeted warmly and hosted for a month.
  • Book 11
    1196 BCE

    Book 11

    Odysseus arrives at the land of the dead.
  • Book 11
    1196 BCE

    Book 11

    He meets a lot of new people at the land of the dead. There are people who are willing to help odysseus for information about the land of the dead.
  • Book 12
    1195 BCE

    Book 12

    Odysseus goes back to circe and tells her what it was like in the underworld.
  • Book 12
    1195 BCE

    Book 12

    The sirens go off and sing with beauty which will make the men want the voice and forget about going home, so they can kill them
  • Book 16
    1194 BCE

    Book 16

    Odysseus and Telemachus go to their house and Athena puts the disguise and they have to walk without being next to each other or looking at each other.
  • Book 16
    1194 BCE

    Book 16

    odysseus then sees his son again after 10 years and is so happy.
  • book 16
    1194 BCE

    book 16

    Telemachus mother is grieving and is spending her days as a poor lady.
  • book 17
    1192 BCE

    book 17

    Odysseus son was struck.
  • book 17
    1192 BCE

    book 17

    Odysseus and his son were crying tears of salt.
  • Book 21
    1192 BCE

    Book 21

    Odysseus the beggar asked if he can try the bow, he actually was the only one to tring and hit the targets.
  • Book 21
    1192 BCE

    Book 21

    Odysseus goes to his home and sees Penelope. but when he gets closer, she is crying because she believes that Odysseus died.
  • Book 21
    1192 BCE

    Book 21

    He then killed all the rest of the suitors.
  • Book 21
    1192 BCE

    Book 21

    Odysseus then tries to compete for Penelope while in his disguise and gets it through and wins.
  • Book 22
    1191 BCE

    Book 22

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

    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.
  • Book 23
    1190 BCE

    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
  • Book 23
    1190 BCE

    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.
  • Book 22
    1191

    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.