THE ODYSSEY
By HOMER
THE TROJAN WAR IS OVER
AND ODYSSEUS HEADS
HOME FOR ITHACA.
BUT HE IS BLOWN
OFF COURSE!
He went first to the land
of the Ciconians and
then to the land of the
Lotus-eaters.
"From Troy the wind bore me
and brought me to the
Cicones, to Ismarus. There I
sacked the city and slew the
men; and from the city we
took their wives and great
store of treasure, and divided
them among us..."
THREE MEN FELL
IN WITH THE LOTUS
EATERS, AND FORGOT
THEIR HOMELAND.
Odysseus drags them
back aboard the ships.
And later he sailed to
the land of the
CYCLOPES
Polyphemus
What are
you
going to
do with
that hot
stick?
I JUST POKED
OUT NOBODY’S
EYE!
So he sailed
to Aeolus 2
DON’T OPEN
THE BAG!
But when the ships are
in sight of Ithaca,
Odysseus' men get
curious and open the
bag of winds
Away from Aeolus, Odysseus and his
fleet come to a strange place called
the Land of the Laestrygonians. The
people here are cannibals and they
eat some of Odysseus' men. Then
they launch rocks from the high
cliffs, destroying 11 of Odysseus' 12
ships. Odysseus is compelled to leave
with only his ship.
When Odysseus arrived on
Aeaea, Circe touched his
comrades with a wand and
turned them into wolves,
swine, asses and lion.
“YOUR MEN
MAKE FINE
BEASTS”
You’ve been
here a year,
GO TO
HADES
In Hades he met the
souls of Achilles,
Agamemnon, and
others.
I’ll make
him tell me
what I
want to
know
Isn’t he
already
dead?
Odysseus
at Hades
Having left Circe
Odysseus sailed past
the SIRENS.
CATCHY
TUNE!
WHY DO I HAVE
WAX IN MY EARS
AND WHY DOES
THE BOSS HAVE
THAT LOOK
IN HIS EYE?
In sailing past the
cliff of Scylla, she
snatched some of
his comrades, and
gobbled them up
JUST A
LITTLE
BIT
CLOSER!
Odysseus is the only
survivor of a storm,
and finally floats up
on the island of
Ogygia.
OK, CALYPSO
You have to
stay here for 7
years!
‘”Feast of the Nymph
Calypso for Odysseus"
by Jan Brueghel) ca. 1616
HE IS FINALLY SENT
HOME ON A RAFT ON
THE COMMAND OF THE
GODS.
BUT HIS RAFT
BREAKS APART!
He was washed up
naked on the shore of
the Phaeacians, where
Nausicaa, the
daughter of King
Alcinous, was washing
the clothes.
WELCOME,
STRANGER.
ALCINOUS FURNISHES
A SHIP TO FINALLY
TAKE ODYSSEUS HOME.
MEANWHILE, HIS WIFE
PENELOPE HAS BEEN
STALLING HER SUITORS.
YOU’LL JUST HAVE TO
WAIT UNTIL I FINISH
WEAVING THIS.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN
WHEN ODYSSEUS
RETURNS HOME?
READ ON
TO FIND OUT.