1. Odyssey X

2. They came next to the island of Aeolus,
lord of the winds

4. Aeolus captured the winds

6. Put them in a bag, and gave the bag to
Odysseus

7. They were almost home, when Odysseus got
sleepy and his crew got curious

8. They opened the bag, and let loose a storm
of wind

10. They were blown back to Aeolian Island

11. Believing they were cursed by the gods,
Aeolus refused further aid

12. They sailed to the
city of Telepylus
on Lamus, land of
the
Laestrygonians.

13. Odysseus hides his ship, and they climb steep
cliffs to explore the land

14. They meet a young girl

15. She takes them to the queen

16. King Antiphates shows up

17. He begins killing and eating the crew

18. Many escape to the beach

19. They run for the ships

20. The Laestrygonians throw rocks

22. Only Odysseus, his ship and its crew,
survive

23. They sail on to Aeaea

25. Odysseus goes off alone and sees a hut

26. On his way back to his men, he kills a stag
and they all feast

27. Eurylochus took 22
men into the woods.

28. When they reached Circe’s house, they
found many tame animals

32. Circe changed men into animals

33. She had transformed her husband Picus

34. Into a woodpecker

36. Daughter of the sun, granddaughter of Oceanus,
she was a powerful goddess

37. She used a
potion.

42. And a wave of her wand

45. To turn men
into beasts.

46. Eurylochus watched in hiding while the
men became swine

55. Eurylochus ran back to the ship and told
Odysseus the bad news

56. Odysseus vowed to rescue his crew

57. Odysseus got some help from Hermes

59. Hermes gave him some holy moly, an
antidote to Circe’s potion

61. Circe welcomed Odysseus and offered him
a drink

64. He drank, but when she waved her wand
he pulled out his sword

66. Circe supplicated and asked him to go to
bed with her

67. Odysseus
made Circe
swear an
oath that
she would
not harm
him.

68. She swore, and nookie ensued

70. Then a bath and lunch, but Odysseus
wouldn’t eat until his men were men again

72. So she
changed the
pigs back into
men, younger
and stronger
than before.

73. Odysseus and his men stayed with Circe for
a year

75. Odysseus told Circe it was time for him to
head home

77. Circe told Odysseus he would not get home
unless he first went to the Underworld and
talked to Tiresias

78. The last night of
partying at Circe’s,
Elpenor got
drunk, fell off the
roof, and died.

80. Odysseus and his men sailed to the land of
Hades

83. Refer to the map on the previous slide for the locations of these events.
1. Troy: After 10 years of siege, the Greek forces capture and destroy the city; then they sail for home with
their spoils. Homer's version is told in Iliad.
2. Coast of Thrace: Odysseus and his men destroy and plunder Ismarus, city of the Cicones, but are
eventually driven away with losses.
3. Lotus-eaters: Blown off course, Odysseus' fleet lands on shores of North Africa or the island of Jerba,
possible locations for the drugged natives.
4. Cyclops: Near Naples are the caves of Mt. Posillipo and the Phlegraean Fields; another possible location
for Cyclops is Sicily.
5. Aeolus: Ruler of the Winds, he lives on Stromboli, the Aeolian Island. His gift to Odysseus of a leather
pouch, which controls the wild winds, allows the fleet to sail in sight of Ithica, when the crew causes
disaster.
6. Laestrygonians: Cape Bonifacio is at the south coast of Corsica, where a race of giants destroy all of the
fleet and men except for Odysseus' boat and crew.
7. Circe: This beautiful, sinister goddess lives on the island of Aeaea, now associated with Monte Circeo.
With her magic, she enslaves men by turning them into animals. She tells Odysseus that he must enter
the Halls of Hades before he can return home.
8. Entrance to the Underworld: Lake Avernus, near Salerno; but Tim Severin interprets the descriptions as
resembling locations on the Greek coast. Here Odysseus speaks with the dead and consults the blind
prophet Tiresias.
9. Sirens: Isole li Galli in the Gulf of Sorrento are known as the Islands of the Sirens, where Odysseus is tied
to the mast of his ship so he can listen to their deadly songs.
10. Scylla & Charybdis: The Straits of Messina contain the narrows where Scylla, monster of the ocean caves,
and Charybdis, the whirlpool, challenge passage.
11. Thrinacia: Sicily, island home of the sun-god, Hyperion. Odysseus' remaining crew and boat are destroyed
as punishment for killing Hyperion's protected cattle.
12. Calypso: Odysseus is washed up on Calypso's island of Ogygia, present-day Malta. He stays with this
tempting goddess 7 years before the Olympian gods relent and let him resume his journey home.
13. Phaecians: Their secluded island, Scheria, is present-day Corfu. These magical sailors escort Odysseus
home, after he tells his story.
14. Ithaca: Island home to which Odysseus returns after 20 years away from his faithful wife, Penelope, and
son, Telemachus.
15. Pylos: Home of King Nestor, with whom Telemachus consults.
16. Sparta: Land of King Menelaus, whose wife, Helen, is at the center of the conflict causing the 10-year war
with Troy.
17. Mycenae: Land of Agamemnon, king of the Achaeans, brother of Menelaus. He was a major leader in the
war against Troy.
18. Knossos: On present-day Crete, home of legendary King Minos whose vast constructions let to the legend
of the Labyrinth.

84. The Odyssey
Book XI

86. Odysseus and his men sail to Hades

87. Odysseus enters the underworld

88. He drinks the blood

89. Elpinor requests a proper burial

91. He consults with Tiresias

92. The ghosts drink blood so they may
speak

93. Odysseus meets his mother

94. The ghosts of dead Trojan warriors

95. Odysseus speaks to Agamemnon

96. And Achilles

97. He sails back to Circe’s Island

98. BOOK XII
THE ODYSSEY

100. Elpinor is properly buried

101. Circe provides a feast

102. Circe gives Odysseus advice

103. She warns him about the sirens

104. Scylla and Charybdis

105. And above all, she tells him, do not molest
the cattle of the sun

106. At dawn, Odysseus and his men set sail

107. Odysseus plugs the ears of his men with
wax, and has them tie him to the mast

108. The sirens call to Odysseus

113. They tempt him with knowledge

116. Odysseus struggles, but his bindings hold

117. They sail away from the dangerous sirens

118. Odysseus orders his men to steer towards
Scylla

121. In order to avoid the deadly whirlpool of
Charybdis

124. Scylla’s six heads emerge

128. Each head grabs and devours a member of
the crew

129. Exhausted and demoralized, the men
demand to stop and rest on the island of
the sun

130. Odysseus makes the men promise not
to molest the livestock on this island

131. But when supplies run out, the men fear
starvation and disobey

134. They kill the cattle
When the men eat, the meat moves and
moos

135. Lampetia flies up and complains to
the sun

136. Helios vows to destroy the ship

137. Lightning strikes the ship

138. Only Odysseus survives, clinging to the keel

139. Odysseus is carried back to Charybdis

140. He clings to a fig tree

141. As his ship is
sucked
down…

143. Odysseus gets back on his raft, and floats
for nine days until he washes up on
Calypso’s island

144. Odysseus thus ends his tale

145. Book XIII

146. Alcinous asks each of his guests to donate
a tripod and cauldron to Odysseus

147. One more day of feast and song

148. Next morn, Odysseus wishes Arête a
special farewell

149. He goes onboard the Phaecian ship

150. Nausicaa
watches
him depart.

151. The Phaecian sailors put the sleeping
Odysseus and his gifts ashore at Ithaca

154. Athena disguises Ithaca

157. Athena turns Odysseus into an old beggar

158. Athena flies off to get Telemachus

159. Book XIV

160. Odysseus goes to the hut of the swineherd