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
He is trying to get back home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
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
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.
He will be punished for blinding Polyphemus. This happened during the Trojan war, which is where Odysseus is trying to get home from.
10 Years.
Back home to Ithaca.
Telemachus, son of Odysseus, came to Eumaeus instead of going directly home because Athena directed him to do so. This is because Odysseus is there in disguise, and Athena is trying to help all three men.
Odysseus is trying to travel his way home to Ithaca, and keep his men, and himself alive in the process.