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Odysseus tries to go home but, he and his men were cursed by one of the cyclopses on his journey home (this happened because when the cyclops started eating Odysseus's men so, he had to blind him with a rock). This effected him by Poseidon-the cyclops's father- made him and his comrades the hardest possible way to get to their homeland Ithaca.
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Did Odysseus ever make it home?
Yes, he did. After 20 years of wandering, the phaeacians sail Odysseus home to Ithaka.
Did Odysseus and his crew sail from troy?
Sailed from Troy on his way home after a raid on Ismarus,
Why did Odysseus go to the straits of Scylla and Charybdis?
He needed to sail pass this strait to get home to Ithaca.
How does Odysseus finally reach his home island?
The Phaeacians bring on a ship and then carry him on the shore of Ithaca and then they sail back for home
Why does Odysseus wish to visit the land of the Cyclops?
Odysseus does not intentionally sail to the land of the Cyclops but ends up there when sailing home, possibly sent by the gods, or by Fate herself.
Why did Odysseus sail around the Mediterranean sea?
Odysseus had to sail around the Mediterranean Sea because he was cursed by Poseidon for not honoring him when he helped him
Why did Odysseus sail to Phaeacia?
Odysseus was trying to get home to Ithaca after leaving Ogygia and Calypso on a raft. His raft is destroyed by Poseidon, but he manages to swim ashore to Phaecia after several days.
Why does calipso allow Odysseus to leave her island?
Calypso allows Odysseus to leave her island after Athene asks Zeus to tell Calyspo that if she doesnt allow Odysseus to leave her island that if she doesnt that Zeus will strike her with a thunderbolt and kill her as he is not a prisoner to her island and need to get home to be with Penelope (his wife). Zeus sends Hermes the messenger God to tell Calypso. Although Calypso is furious and doesnt want Odysseus to leave, she lets him because obviously she doesnt want to die so she helps him build a raft and gives him gifts for his journey home.
Who is thrinacia in The Odyssey?
she is a prophet who talks to odysseus about his wife and how she is doing in ithaca and she tells odysseus that other men are trying to get with his wife if he doesnt hurry and return home .
How did the Phaeacians help Odysseus?
Keryra (Corcyra) the island of the Phaeacians is the last place visited by Odysseus before he returns home. The princess Nusicaa seems to develop a bit of a crush on him, and her father Alcinous - king of the Phaeacians - gives Odysseus a magic ship on which he can sail home to Ithaca.
How did Odysseus get home?
Odysseus travels eventually lead him to be shipwrecked upon Ogygia, where he is rescued and nursed to health by the nymph Calypso. She keeps Odysseus there for 7 years, before helping him build a raft to escape. Odysseus raft is wrecked by Poseidon, by with the help of a river god, he manages to make it ashore to Scheria, where is taken in by the Phaecians. They sail Odysseus home on their blessed ships.
What is odysseus trying to do in the odysses?
He is trying to sail from Troy (west coast of Turkey) to his home on the island of Ithaca, off the west coast of Greece.
