10 Years.
at the beginning of the story odysseus is on calypso's island, where he has been for the past 8 years. he is trying to get back to his home.
Suiters are taking over Odysseus' home, trying to court his wife.
Odysseus stayed on Circe's island for one year, which he thought were a few days; Odysseus stayed on Calypso's Island for seven years. After staying with these goddesses he had two more years of trying to return home.
He is trying to get back home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Odysseus was away from his home 20 years
at the beginning of the story odysseus is on calypso's island, where he has been for the past 8 years. he is trying to get back to his home.
Odysseus' main goal is trying to return home, to Ithaca.
Suiters are taking over Odysseus' home, trying to court his wife.
In the Odyssey, Odysseus is trying to get back home to Ithaca
"The Odyssey" by Homer is an epic poem in which Odysseus wandered the earth for ten years having adventures, trying to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Odysseus stayed on Circe's island for one year, which he thought were a few days; Odysseus stayed on Calypso's Island for seven years. After staying with these goddesses he had two more years of trying to return home.
He is trying to get back home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Odysseus was away from his home 20 years
Odysseus blinded Poseidon's son's eye who is a Cyclops. So he was cursed that can not go back home. He tried to go back home in the Odyssey.
he was trying to get to his home after the siege at Troy
It takes Odysseus 20 years to return home after he left Ithaca for the war.It takes Odysseus 10 years to return home after the 10 year long Trojan war.During these 10 years, Odysseus spent a year with the sorceress Circe. Odysseus was trapped with the Nymph Goddess Calypso for 7 years.
Odysseus had not yet returned home from the Trojan War because he had angered the god Poseidon. Poseidon placed many obstacles in Odysseus way so he would be unable to return to his home.