Odysseus

• Two friends of Odysseus:

  • Polites
  • Eurylochus
• Penelope - Odysseus' wife
• Telemachus - Odysseus' son
• Athena - Mentor of Odysseus since he was a child.
• Eurylochus - Odysseus' right hand man
• Polyphemus - The name of the cyclops in the cave
• How many men did Odysseus take?

  600
• How many men are left in the end of the Odyssey?

  1
• Athena suggested that Odysseus should kill Polyphemus
• Polyphemus - Poseidon's son
• After Odysseus' crew left the cyclop's island, he saw the Island of Aeolia.
• Aeolia - The floating island Odysseus' crew saw.
• Eurylochus argued that Odysseus shouldn't go up the floating island because of the risks it has.
• Aeolus - King of the floating island, Aeolia.
• Aeolus - God of the wind and storms
• What did Aeolus give Odysseus?

  A bag that shouldn't be opened.
• What was inside the bag Aeolus gave Odysseus?

  The bag contains huge amounts of storms and winds.
• Who opened the bag that Aeolus gave Odysseus?

  Eurylochus
• After opening the bag, they saw Poseidon and he attacked them.
• In order to escape their first encounter with Poseidon, Odysseus opened the bag of Aeolus again.
• Only 43 was left after their first encounter with Poseidon.
• They went to Circe after their first encounter with Poseidon.
• Circe was a beautiful woman who uses poison as protection from harmful strangers.
• Circe lured Odysseus' men and they turned into pigs.
• Eurylochus was the only one who didn't eat Circe's foods.
• Hermes helped Odysseus to be immuned by Circe's poison.
• Hermes gave Odysseus a molly which is a magical flower which will make anyone immune to Circe's poison if consumed.
• Odysseus fought Circe and won.
• Circe only wanted to protect her nymphs that's why she chose to turn Odysseus' men into pigs.
• Circe advised Odysseus to go in the underworld.
• In the underworld, odysseus saw the prophet
• The prophet in the underworld is Tiresias.
• Tiresias reminds Odysseus about the future things which is mostly negative.
• After Odysseus went to the underworld, he saw the image of his wife, Penelope.
• It turns out, the illusion of Penelope in the water was just a Siren.
• The Siren advised Odysseus to go to the Lair of Scylla
• The men of Odysseus used bee's wax in order to not hear the sings of Sirens.
• Odysseus ordered his men to light up 6 torches when they are in the lair of Scylla.
• Odysseus sacrificed 6 men in order to bypass the lair of Scylla.
• Eurylochus, challenged Odysseus into a duel to the death.