![]() But then the god Hermes came and told her that the gods said that she had to let Odysseus go. On this island lives the nymph Calypso, and Odysseus stayed with her for seven years. Then they can take the wax out of their ears, and free Odysseus.Ĭalypso Calypso and HermesĪfter escaping from the sea, and the death of his men, Odysseus comes to the island Ogygia. His men can then look at Odysseus and see when he cannot hear the sirens anymore, because he is calm again. He also tells his men to bind him to the ship's mast, so he cannot go to the sirens when he hears their song. Odysseus tells his men to put wax in their ears, so they will not hear the song of the sirens. The Sirens were always singing very beautifully, so sailors would try to go to them, but their ships would get destroyed, and they would die. Odysseus and his ship have to pass the Sirens' island. ![]() The Sirens Odysseus and the Sirens, by J. This prayer becomes the plot line of the Odyssey. The Cyclops prays to his father Poseidon that Odysseus would not get home to Ithaca and if he was fated to make it home, Odysseus would lose all of his men, his ship and find trouble at home. Odysseus tricks and blinds him and they escape. Polyphemus catches them and eats some of Odysseus' men. They go inside his cave at the sight of sheep, cheese and milk. On his journey home, Odysseus lands on the island of the Cyclops Polyphemus. The Cyclops Odysseus in Polyphemus's cave It is the story of the return of Ulysses after the Trojan War (Iliad) The main events (places he goes, creatures and people he meets) of Odysseus' journey are: ![]() At the same time, his wife Penelope has to fight off a lot of men who want to marry her and his son Telemachos searches for him.Īlong the way, Odysseus and his men have to fight monsters and many other dangers. The Trojan War is the subject of the Iliad. The poem is the story about Odysseus's ten-year-long voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. The hero of the poem is Odysseus, or Ulysses as he is called in Latin the poem is mythological, not historical. In its origin it was an oral epic poem from Mycenaean Greece, about the 11th century BC. It was written by Homer, as a sequel to the Iliad. The Odyssey is a major Ancient Greek epic poem. ![]() The beginning of the Odyssey Schmied illustration Odyssée-CompBibliophilesAutoClubFrance-1932vol3p169 For episode of The Simpsons, see Homer's Odyssey (The Simpsons). ![]()
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