Odysseus Of Homer's Odyssey

Odysseus was very young when he ventured out to lead the war against Troy. The war took many battles and tries, finally Odysseus succeeded in winning. The god’s found this upsetting and placed a curse on Odysseus. He finally boarded his boat and sailed off, however, after not returning for nearly 10 years his wife became weary. He has been trapped on an island for a very long time, little does he know that suitors are busy attempting to overthrow and win the kingdom. After many years, Odysseus finally leaves Calypso’s Island after being trapped. It’s not much longer till he arrives in Phaeacia, which has Alcinous rulers. They offered him a ship if he told them what happened previously that led him to them. After finally sailing off, they stop at an island, the island of the lotus eaters. The mistake they made at this island was eating these lotus flowers, putting them into a daze of relaxation, or in modern terms, getting high. His idea was forcing the people off the island and tying them up to not eat the Lotus flower. They set off once again, not to find land for some time, however, they finally found land. They stopped and got off, finding a cave and deciding to go in. They found food, sheep, which they slaughtered and started cooking. Then, in an instant, a cyclops walks in and shuts them in, the cyclops

Zeus listens and sends their ship into the whirlpool of Charybdis. Odysseus is the only left alive, but still hasn’t given up, he finally gets out of Charybdis and is saved. However, his savior, Calypso, wants her debt paid back. He then spends an entire seven years as the ‘slave’ or lover of Calypso, but Athena finally thinks it’s enough and intervenes with Zeus. Finally Odysseus leaves, however Poseidon is still very irritated with him, he makes it to the Phaeacians where he tells them of his story, they give him goods and he finally makes it