Book 1, invocation

In this book, Odysseus talks abaut himself and abaut where he lives and his newborn son laertes. He also talks abaut his journey to fight in troy.

book 23 the trunk of the olive tree

After Odysseus fought the suitors, he got dressed in his royal robe and went to see Penelope. At first, she didnt beleive that it was really him so she asked him a trick question. She told him that she had the bed moved to a different spot. Odysseus became pissed off and said that it could'nt get moved because it was a part of the olive tree in their bedroom. She became filled with joy because she knew that it was the real Odysseus.

book 22 Death In the Great Hall

After the suitors see that the beggar killed the man with the cup. the war began between the suitors and Oddyseus. His son Telemichus helped him get spars, shields, and helmets. the god Athena also helped Oddyseus. In the end, Oddyseus ended up killing all 100 of the suitors. after

book 21 The test of the bow

Since Odyseus was gone for so long, Penelope dedcided to have a test for all of the suitors to string the bow and shoot an arrow through twelve ax heads in order to have her hand in marriage. she already knew that this was inpossible because shes never seen anyone else besides oddyseus string the bow. In the meanwhile, oddyseus made it back to Ithica after losing all of his men and his ship. he dressed up as a beggar to hide his identity and go to penelopes house. He meets his son Telemichus who is now a grown man, and the swinwherd and the cowherd. They guide him in to the room where the suitors are atempting to string the bow in front of Penelope. When she sees oddyseus, she sees potential in him and lets him try. when she finds out that he strung the bow she was surprised because she never saw anyone do it accept for oddyseus.

book 12 sea perils and defeat

Odysseus got back from the underworld and told Cyrces abaut it. She gave him advice abaut the two paths he ciuld take. the first one was encountering the sirens who would make them forget abaut home. they would also have to go by Scylla, the six headed, 12 legged monster. Or he could go by the monser Charybdis who would create a huge whirlpool that would drown them and he would be the only one left. they get past Scylla but they lost abaut twelve men.