The Odyssey Timeline!

  • Odysseus goes to Ithica
    Apr 17, 1225

    Odysseus goes to Ithica

    Odysseus goes to Ithica.
  • Phaecians
    Apr 3, 1226

    Phaecians

  • Calypso
    Jun 16, 1227

    Calypso

    Calypso was a nymph who held Odysseus and his men captive for many eyars.
  • Scylla and Charbdis again
    May 25, 1228

    Scylla and Charbdis again

    Scylla and Charbdis were monsters who tryed to kill Odysseus and his men on their journey. Scylla was a six-headed monster, and Charbdis was a whirlpool.
  • Helios
    Mar 30, 1229

    Helios

    Odysseus and his men come to Helios' island. Odysseus' men sacrifice and eat the cattle without Udysseus knowing and they are all killed by Helios, because it was his cattle.
  • Sylla and Charybdis
    Dec 20, 1230

    Sylla and Charybdis

    Scylla and Charbdis were monsters who tryed to kill Odysseus and his men on their journey. Scylla was a six-headed monster, and Charbdis was a whirlpool.
  • Sirens
    Jun 17, 1231

    Sirens

    The Sirens were seductive noises coming from an island that Odysseus and his men had to sail by. His men tied him to the mast and they filled their ears with ear wax so they were not tempted.
  • Circe's to bury Elphenor
    Apr 17, 1232

    Circe's to bury Elphenor

    Odysseus and his men return to the island to give Elaphenor a proper burial after Odysseus saw his ghost in the underworld.
  • Hades
    Nov 25, 1233

    Hades

    Odysseus encounters Hades when he goes to the underworld according to Circe's commands.
  • Circe
    Jan 12, 1234

    Circe

    Odysseus and his men reach Circe's island of Aeolia and his men are turned into pigs after she realizes that they are greedy. Odysseus goes to rescue them but ends up having an affair with Circe and staying for many years.
  • Laestrygonians
    Feb 18, 1235

    Laestrygonians

    The Laestrygonians were people who threw giant rocks at Odysseus and his men. They were mythical cannibals.
  • Aeolia
    Jul 16, 1236

    Aeolia

    Aeolia was the island that Odysseus and his men started off with.
  • Cyclops
    Mar 19, 1237

    Cyclops

    Odysseus and his men came across the Cyclops. They ended up trapped in his cave. Odysseus and his men stabbed the Cyclops eye and escaped by tying themselves to the bottom of his sheep.
  • Lotus Eaters
    Apr 17, 1238

    Lotus Eaters

    Odysseus and his men meet the Lotus eaters when they land on their island. Odysseus sends his men into the island and they are stuck in a trance and Odysseus is forced to retrieve his men and bring the back to the ship.
  • Cicones
    Apr 17, 1239

    Cicones

    Odysseus and his men come to the Cicones. They turn on him and his men because they see that they are greedy.
  • Troy and Trojan War
    Apr 17, 1240

    Troy and Trojan War

    Trojan war ended