trojan war

  • Period: Jan 1, 1185 to Dec 31, 1200

    the odessy

  • PHAIAKINS
    Jan 1, 1189

    PHAIAKINS

    Phaiakians found Odysseus washed ashore of their seafaring land and once they realize who he is give him gifts and help return him home to Ithaca.
  • TELEMACHOS
    Feb 2, 1189

    TELEMACHOS

    Telemachos is Odysseus' son who went on a trip away from his mother to try to find news of his father and his whereabouts.
  • THE SUITORS
    Feb 4, 1189

    THE SUITORS

    While gone Odysseus' wife and son and to fight of suitors trying to marry Penelope, after returning home Odysseus fought them off for good.
  • CALYPSO
    Dec 31, 1197

    CALYPSO

    Calypso kept Odysseus hostage for seven years in her palace. She lured him in with her singing and whilst there they slept together. He wants to leave and eventually the gods order his release, despite her anger she provides him with bread, wine, and the materials to make a small raft. to get home
  • TRAVEL TO UNDERWORLD
    Jan 1, 1198

    TRAVEL TO UNDERWORLD

    Odysseus and his men receive warnings from some of the ghosts while in the underworld and he also discovers that his mother has died when he sees her ghost there.
  • SIRENS
    Mar 18, 1198

    SIRENS

    A pair of two beautiful women that lure Odysseus and his men with their beautiful song and attempt to wreck their ship
  • SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS
    Jun 1, 1198

    SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS

    Scylla and Charybdis are two sea creature Odysseus had to struggle with on his journey home to Ithaca. One was a whirlpool the other a multi-headed dragon like creature.
  • CHARYBDIS
    Jun 1, 1198

    CHARYBDIS

    The men run into the Charybdis sea monster again, the whirlpool.
  • HELIOS
    Aug 1, 1198

    HELIOS

    Helios punishes Odysseus and his men for eating his cattle by holding his breathe so the wind no longer blows and they cannot proceed home.
  • CIRCE
    Jan 1, 1199

    CIRCE

    Odysseus and his men end up on Circe's island and it takes them a year to escape, in which time she turns the men into pigs.
  • end of trojan war
    Jan 1, 1200

    end of trojan war

    the war ends and odysseous and his crew leave troy
  • lotus eaters
    Feb 1, 1200

    lotus eaters

    odysous and his crew get sttanded on an island and some of his crew eat the lotuses and get high and forget what they are doing
  • May 1, 1200

    polyphemus

    polyphemus was a cyclops that tried to eat odyseous got him drunk and stabed his one eye to escape
  • aeolus
    Jul 1, 1200

    aeolus

    aeolus gave odysseous a bag of wind from the 4 corners of the earth
  • LESTRYGONIANS
    Sep 1, 1200

    LESTRYGONIANS

    they are a tribe of cannibles that ate most of odysseyses men and deystroyed all of his ships but 1