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Penelope

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Wife of Odysseus
She wait for his husband 20 years
She make the shrouds strategy

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3 parts

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The telemachy (Telemachus to find his father)
Tells all the adventure of Odysseus
Return to Itaka

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Telemachus

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Son of Odysseus
Good warrior and man
He’s angry about how the town acts without his father.
Athena help him

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1 they lived Troy

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God an goddesses were really mad at the tree kings so they make a storm the tree loses a lot of ships.

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2 lotus island

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Island where we’re lotus flowers. If you eat them you forget everything and want to stay there and continue eating them. Odysseus didn’t eat them so they live.

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3 cyclops island

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They where tired and found a island a a cave on it where was food and supplies they enter and after that arrived a cyclop named Polyphemus, he get mad and began to it them. Odysseus make him drink wine make him fall a sleep damage his eye and live the cave. Polyphemus, was son of Poseidon so he ask for revenge making a storm.

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4 island of wind

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The king was Aeolus. They where we’ll received. Stay several days and when they live Aeolus give hi a bag with winds. Odysseus was the only that key what was inside so by the curiosity of his men, they opened it making a storm.

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5 lestrigons’ island

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Lestrigons were carnivals. They loses some men there. Lestrigons destroy all ships except ones. After some days they left the island.

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6 the sorceress

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Ruled by the goddess of magic Circe. She converts all men into animals. Hermes help Odysseus by giving him a magic plant anti Circe magic. She fall in love with him becaus of his immunity to her power and have 2 kids. He stay with her 2 years, before he lives she told him 2 Things

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Two things Circe have told Odysseus

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1 he will pass by two dangerous monsters

2 he will need to go to the Tartarus

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7 sirens

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He had hear about them so he tie himself to the mast and put wax on the ear of his men

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8 sylla and Charybdis

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Charybdis was a whirlpool

Sylla a 6 headed dog

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9 the sun god island

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His men were super hungry so they eat the important cows. Apollo was super mad so he with Zeus diced to kill them all with all their ships except Odysseus .

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10 callypso’s island

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He arrived to it. Once you arrived there you can’t live. He pas 7 years and have 2 kids with her. Athene talks with Zeus for the realizing of Odysseus Hermes talk to callypso and realize Odysseus.

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11 the Phaeacians

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When he arrived he saved the princes. The princes presented him to her parents, the king was really nice and gives him shelter, food and a new ship.

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12 Ithaca

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Ithaca was a mess so Athene help him by transforming him to and old man so no one can recognize him. Eumeaus was the only one that knows.

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13 the arrow and the bow

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Penelope for making time she encourage all the men that want to take the place of his husband straight a bow of his and pass the arrow by 12 circles. No one could except Odysseus, when he shoot he transformed Ito his original form.

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14 the massacre

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Odysseus was really angry with the other men so with the help of his son and some palace helpers they close all doors and kill all the men insede after that they live happily ever after.