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The Odyssey
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Uploaded | The Trojan war has been over for 10 years, but the hero Odysseus has still not come home. | |
Uploaded | Men try to marry Odysseus’ wife Penelope so they can have control of his kingdom. | |
Uploaded | Penelope only loves Odysseus and does not want to marry anyone. | |
Uploaded | Odysseus is alive, imprisoned on an island by the beautiful but evil temptress Calypso. | |
Uploaded | Zeus orders Calypso to let Odysseus leave. So he builds a ship and sets sail. | |
Uploaded | Poseidon, god of the seas, hates Odysseus, so he sends a storm to wreck Odysseus’ ship. | |
Uploaded | Odysseus lands in Scheria, where he tells the Phaeacians all about his travels. | |
Uploaded | Odysseus returns home where he enters the town disguised as a beggar. | |
Uploaded | Penelope arranges a contest. She will marry any man that can fire Odysseus’ bow through 12 axe handles. | |
Uploaded | No one but Odysseus could do it. So the suitors got angry and attacked him. | |
Uploaded | Odysseus defeated the suitors was finally reunited with his lovely wife, Penelope. |