1. By: Drew McClain

2.  Odysseus leaves with 12 ships and 144 men

3.  Odysseus and his men attack the Ciconians and he loses half his men

4.  Zeus creates a storm to blow them off course

5.  A couple members of Odysseus’ crew ate the lotus flowers which made them forget about their families and homes  Some of the crew members had to be dragged back to the ship

6.  Odysseus stayed too long in Polyphemus’ cave and more of his men were killed  Odysseus blinds Polyphemus angering Polyphemus’ father Posedion

7.  Odysseus is given a bag of wind from Aeolus - god of the wind

8.  Odysseus’ men believe there is gold in the bag  They open it while Odysseus is sleeping and are sent back to Aeolia

9.  Aeolus refuses to give Odysseus another bag of wind

10.  Is home of the giant cannibals  All ships are destroyed except Odysseus’ because he kept his ship out of the harbor

11.  Is the home of Circe  Circe turns Odysseus’ men into pigs  Circe helps Odysseus by telling him to go to Hades (Land of the Dead)  Odysseus stays in Aeaea for one year

12.  Odysseus asks Tiresias, the blind poet, how to get home

13.  The sirens lure sailors to the shore with their beautiful songs then the sailors die on the shore  Odysseus is the only one allowed to hear their songs

14.  Scylla is a six headed monster that eats six of Odysseus’ men

15.  Home of the sun god’s cattle and sheep  Odysseus’ men eat some sheep and cattle which angers the sun god

16.  The sun god urges Zeus to create a storm  The storm kills the last of Odysseus’ men and wrecks his ship

17.  A whirlpool  Odysseus survives by grabbing hold of a tree branch

18.  Odysseus stays with Calypso for eight years

19.  Odysseus is helped by Nausicca, King Alcinous, and Queen Arete  He is escorted home

20.  Odysseus arrives home