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The Odyssey Timeline

  • 1194 BCE

    the battle of troy

    the battle of troy
    The battle of troy was right after the Trojan War and it lasted 10 years.
  • 1185 BCE

    lotus-eaters

    lotus-eaters
    Odysseus was on The Lotus-Eaters Island for nine days. It started around 5/1/1180 BCE and ended nine days after. After leaving Troy, Odysseus went to Ismarus. Then, 10 ten days after leaving Ismarus, he went to the land of the Lotus-Eaters
  • 1184 BCE

    cyclops

    cyclops
    Odysseus was in the cave for two days. After they arrived at the land of the cyclops, they ended up in the cave of the cyclops. The first day, two of Odysseus' men were eaten. The next day, the cyclops ate two more men. So Odysseus blinded the cyclops, Polyphemus. They escaped Polyphemus and left.
  • 1183 BCE

    witch circe

    witch circe
    Odysseus was with Circe for a year. After they escaped the cyclops, they went back to Ithica. He went to Aeolia and got a bag of winds from Aeolus and then went back to Ithica. While Odysseus was asleep, the crew opened the bag of winds and blew them back to where they came from. They left and ended up in Lamos. After a quick stay, they landed on the land of Aeaea. All of his men got turned into pigs, and he had to stay there for a year.
  • 1183 BCE

    sirens

    sirens
    After he left the underworld, he returned to Aeaea to give Elpenor a proper burial. Circe gives him directions to get home. Odysseus had to tie his men to a pole and put wax in their ears so they couldn't hear the sirens. Odysseus was with them for about a day.
  • 1183 BCE

    scylla and charybdis

    scylla and charybdis
    After getting past the siresns, Odysseus had to sacrifice six of his men by going past Scylla instead of going by Charybdis and losing his whole ship.
  • 1183 BCE

    helio's cattle

    helio's cattle
    After getting past Scylla, he stopped to rest on Thriancia, home of Helio's cattle. They had to stay there for 30 days because of a terrible storm. They were told not to eat the cows, but while Odysseus was asleep, his crew ate the cows. Helio was angry and told Zeus to punish them. Zeus killed everyone but Odysseus. Odysseus had to hang on a tree and survived Charybdis.
  • 1182 BCE

    land of the dead

    land of the dead
    Circe told the men to go to the underworld before going back to Ithica. Whenever he got there, he encountered many ghost and talked to his mother, Teiresians. Agamemnon and his companions from the trojan war. He was there for about two days.
  • 1182 BCE

    calypso

    calypso
    Odysseus floated to Ogygia and was rescued by Calypso and she held him captive for 7 years.
  • 1182 BCE

    telemachus' journey

    telemachus' journey
    Telemachus' Journey was about one year.
  • 1182 BCE

    island of scheria

    island of scheria
    After 18 days at sea, Odysseus finds Scheria and the island of the Phaechians.
  • 1181 BCE

    telling of adventure

    telling of adventure
    After he gets to Scheria, he identifies himself to the Phaeacians. Then he tells his story of his journey. He told his story for 18 days.
  • 1180 BCE

    the suitors / penelope's challenge

    the suitors / penelope's challenge
    After telling his adventure he went pack to his house. Penelope had 108 suitors. Odysseus went to his house where the suitors were. Penelope had a challenge of whoever could pull the bow the best would be her husband.
  • 1180 BCE

    odysseus' revenge / suitors taken to underworld / penelope's test

    odysseus' revenge / suitors taken to underworld / penelope's test
    Odysseus killed all of the suitors after he returns. The souls of the suitors went to the underworld. When Odysseus returns back home, Penelope tests him with the bed that he made.