1.Troy: After the victory at Troy, Odysseus and his men begin their journey home from here.
2.The Island of the Cicones: After leaving Troy, they stop to raid this island for supplies. The Cicones
attack on horseback, and Odysseus lost 72 of his men.
3.The Island of the Lotus Eaters: Odysseus sends his men out to search for food, and has to recover
them when they eat the Lotus Flower.
4.The Island of the Cyclopes: Here, Odysseus and his men find a Cyclops' cave, lured by his cheese and
wine. The cyclops, Polyphemus, traps them inside the cave. Odysseus and his men blind the cyclops, and
then sneak out under his heard of sheep.
5.The Island of Aeolus: Aeolus, the god of the winds, gives Odysseus all of the bad winds, so he can
safely sail home. Odysseus' men go against his orders and open the bag, and all of the winds escape.
6.The Island of the Laestrygonians: The Laestrygonians, a race of cannibals, eat the Greeks. Only the
men on Odysseus' ship and himself survive.
7.Circe's Island: Circe turns Odysseus' men to swine, but Odysseus is protected from her magic with the
help of Hermes, who gave him a magical herb called Moly. Odysseus ends up staying there for what
seems like a short time, but ended up being a couple years. Before Odysseus departs, Circe finally tells
him that he needs to find the blind prophet Teiresias in the Underworld.
8.The Underworld: Odysseus consults the prophet Teiresias to ask how he can get home, and finds his
mother there, who has committed suicide in depression.
9.The Island of the Sirens: Odysseus and his men pass here, an island with women singing their luring
songs, trying to reel in sailors. So they do not hear, Odysseus fills his mens ears with beeswax, and he
has them tie him to the mast.
10.Scylla and Charybdis: Odysseus chooses to sail for Scylla, a six-headed sea serpent, rather than
Charybdis, a giant whirlpool. He did this because he knew that if he went to Charybdis, the whole ship
would be destroyed. However, if he went towards Scylla, six men would die. A sacrifice the brave
Odysseus decided to make.
11.The Island of Helios: They stop here, and Odysseus falls asleep praying to Athena. While sleeping, his
men once again go against his orders and eat Helios' cattle. This outrages the god, and he threatens
never to rise again. As a punishment, Zeus throws a bolt of lightning at the ship, and turns it to splinters.
Only Odysseus survives.
12.Ogygia (Calypso's Island): Odysseus finds this island after drifting in the sea. It is a island of women,
with a nymph named Calypso, with whom Odysseus has a seven-year affair with. After the seven years,
Hermes convinces Calypso to let Odysseus build a new ship so he could sail home.
13.The Island of the Phaecians: The Phaecians accept Odysseus, and he explains his ten-year journey to
them during a feast. They happily give him a ride home on one of their magical ships.
14.Ithaca: Odysseus finally arrives home, and sees his son, Telemachus, for the first time in 15 years. He
and Telemachus kill all of the suitors, and Odysseus takes his place as king, once again, alongside his wife
Penelope.