Poseidon
Calypso
in medias res
The Odyssey begins after the Trojan War when Odysseus sets sail to reach Ithaca -- His native land/home. It takes place in several different areas but mostly around Greece.
He's the only Greek who survived the war who has not yet returned home.
The Odyssey begins in the present with the invocation of the poet asking for help from the muse.The story begins in Mount Olympus, where the gods (with the exception of Poseidon) are meeting.Later in book 1, we join Telemachus on the island of Ithaca. However, the direct story of Odysseus begins in book 6 with Odysseus being found in Scheria by Nausicaa, a Phaeaician princess who takes him to her father, where he begins telling the tale of his return from Troy.
Ogygia
Odysseus is trapped on the lush island of Ogygia, by the nymph Calypso at the beginning of The Odyssey.
Calypso
The cyclops
When the Odyssey begins, what is unique about Odysseus is that he has been away from home for 20 years, fighting in the Trojan War and facing many challenges on his journey back to Ithaca.
Sacked the city of Troy
in medias res
Odysseus finally reaches Ithaca in the 13th book of the Odyssey.
The Odyssey begins after the Trojan War when Odysseus sets sail to reach Ithaca -- His native land/home. It takes place in several different areas but mostly around Greece.
keeping Odysseus prisoner on her island and preventing him from reaching home
Starting in medias res
Odysseus begins plotting his revenge once he learns of the suitors, but he does not start killing them until Book XXII, after threading his bow, and shooting it through the twelve axes' handles.