12 ships
Odysseus left Troy with 12 ships, all of which were destroyed in the course of his 10-year journey to his home in Ithaca.
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When Odysseus left for Troy he was newly wed to Penelope and was in his mid 20's.
86 men on 12 ships
In order to console Agamemnon, Odysseus turned his ships back towards Troy. This is when he and Nestor parted company.
Odysseus fails to convince his men more forcefully to return back to their ships after their initial victory. After the war at Troy, morale is dangerously high, and Odysseus pridefully does not restrain his troops.
In the book "The Odyssey" Troy is the city that Odysseus was attacking.
Odysseus starts his journey in Troy and returns to his homeland of Ithaca after the Trojan War
Odysseus is a soldier who must fight in the Greek army at Troy.
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Odysseus was in Troy because the Greeks were having a war with the Trojans. Paris, a Prince of Troy, has "stolen" King Meneleus's (of Sparta) wife, Helen.