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Getting the Boat Ready

Getting the boat ready was a very long process. I loaded the boat with lots of food and water to last us months overseas.

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Since I am finally home it is now time to go out to dinner with my wife and tell her of my many adventures (except for the tiny affairs I had along the way) of how I made it home. I don't exactly know what I am going to tell her and if anybody has any ideas of what I should do please tell me and leave me some advice in the comment box. If there was a problem between myself and anyone else who is visiting this protopage I am terribly sorry and I hope that I can gain your trust again soon. -Ulysses

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Make sure boat is safe!
Get Men Home!
Find Food and Water
Run from Circe
Stab Cyclops in eye
Get bag of winds from Aeolus.

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My pictures from the trip

this is me right after we sailed off the shore.

The Trojan War

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What Happened

The Trojan War was a war between the city of Troy and the Acheaenas. Troy stole Helen from her husband. The war involved the goddesses Athena, Hera and Aphrodite, who all got a golden apple, marked "for the fairest". Zeus sent the goddesses to Paris, who judged the goddesess. Paris chose Aphrodite, as the "fairest", and should receive the apple. In exchange, Aphrodite made Helen, the most beautiful of all women, fall in love with Paris, who took her to Troy. The Trojans were slaughtered and it was a bad war.

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They hid inside of the horse and gave it as a present to their rivals so when their rivals rolled it into the town they could jump out at night and kill all living souls in the town.

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The Trojan horse

the horse that was used during the war to attack.

The War

The Fall of Troy

Ships And Men

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After Troy was burned, I sailed for home with three ships holding 50 men each. I had a total of 150 men and all we wanted at first was to see Ithaca again, but we didn't know how difficult our voyage would be. On our first try we landed on the Ciconian Beach.

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The Ciconian Beach

After Odysseus and his men depart from Troy, they are greeted by friendly and calm waters, the ship nears land and Eurylochus, convincing Odysseus that the gods were on their side, told him to go ashore and loot the nearby city. The crew had landed in Ismara. The city was not at all protected, and all of the inhabitants fled without a fight into the nearby mountains. Odysseus and his men looted the city and robbed it of all its goods. Odysseus wisely told the men to board the ships quickly, but they refused, ate dinner and fell asleep on the beach. The next morning, the Ciconians, allies of Troy and great warriors, returned with their fierce kinsmen from the mountains. Odysseus and his men fled to the ships as fast as they could, but "six benches were left empty in every ship" (Odyssey. Book IX. line 64). Odysseus, however, had spared Maron, a priest of Apollo, who gives him twelve jars of wine which would be later used against Polyphemus

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Ciconian Beach

This is the first island we came upon our long voyage.!

The Ciconians

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Our first stop was at a island which was a huge mistake. In this island we hurt the people that lived here and why we were cursed. The stop at this island made our voyage difficult and almost impossible. When we stopped at this island we were fighting against skillful fighters and there was plenty of them and they were so unbeatibal that they made us run out of the island. I lost many of my men and knew since the beginning that all of this would end up being a mistake....

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This is the Ciconian Island

I don't think I ever want to return to this place!!

The Lotus Eaters

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What Happened...

My Men and I were blown by the gale towards the shore of Libya while the sky cleared, the sea calmed, and the hot sun beat down. We were dizzy with fatigue and weak with hunger that everything seemed to blur together. With last bit of our strength we pulled the boats up on the beach, past the high-tide mark and then we layed down to sleep. When we woke up we were surrounded by bunches of blue and purple flowers and they smelled so good. We ate them in great handfuls and then we fell asleep again. I was having a strange dream that was full of gold, blood, and fire but then I was startled and awoke thinking that I had just seen our entire voyage out planned out ahead of my men and I. I awoke and then ate some more of the blue and purple flowers and then I immediately returned to sleep. Right before I put more flowers into my mouth I realized that the flowers are making us sleep. The scent alone makes us drowsy. I dragged myself to my feet and walked into the water and jumped up out of the water startled by the coldness and one by one I swiftly carried each man to the ship to wake them up. Each man awoke with plenty of rest and new strength and we set sail ready for the adventures to begin.

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The Lotus Flower

This is the flower that we continued to consume on Lotusland and it made us drowsy. The flower is gorgeous but its powers outshine its beauty.

Ulysses pulling Boat Ashore

The Cyclops' Cave

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jouney with men over seas
slash cyclopses eye.
escape alive
get some food[[even if its just a little]]
sale away from the island safely with most of my men

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The Cyclops

Tough journey

If you wondered how we blinded the Cyclops, this is a brief picture of how we did it.

Cyclops

Behold!! This is the Cyclops that tried to eat us and kill us. He only got away with a few of my men but not the rest of us.

Keeper of the Winds

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What Happened

Here i met up with the god of the winds, Aeolus. He welcomed me and was joyed when i spoke to him about blinding the cyclops in his own cave. Then after we ate and I needed to be on my way, Aeolus gifted me with a bag of winds to try and get home safly with all my men. Aeolus told me to protect the bag and always guard it. Unfortubately, I fell asleep one night and some of my men thought it was a bag that may contain gold or jewels. They cut the bad open and it was all my fault! i should have never fallen asleep.

Who is Aeolus?

Aeolus is the god of winds. He gaves Ulysses a closed bag full of the captured winds so he could sail easily home to Ithaca on the gentle West Wind.

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Use the bag of winds to get me home!
Keep the bag protected.
Always guard the bad of winds!
Sail home safely
Apologize to Aeolus for not protecting the bag properly.

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Aeolus

This is the god of winds.

This is another photo of Aeolus

Circe

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Circe <3

This was my beautiful Circe. I unfortunately had to leave her because it was either stay with her and live forever or go back to Ithaca with my wife too keep my promise to my men and get them home since we hadn't seen it in ten years. She was similar to a goddess but didn't have that much powers. She turned men into animals after she nearly poisioned them. I fortunately didn't because I had a magic flower called, moly, which Hermes gave me so that Circe could not hurt me with her powers. After she turned half of my men into pigs I threatend to kill her and that was when she feel in love with me. I have to admit, I loved her too. Every moment I spent with her caused my wife to fade away in my dreams but I chose to forget her and get my men and myself back home. i i i i i l l l l l o o o v v v e e e e  y y y y o o o u u u u C C C C i i i r r r  c c c e e e!! (P.S. don't tell my wife!!)

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Circe

Circe's Island

This is Circe's island where she held me and my men pretty much captive. I deeply miss it because it was so beautiful.

Circe's Husbands

These are a few of Circe's husbands she cahnged into pigs.

The Wandering Rocks

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What Happened

My men and I were sailing, until I saw something in the water. We soon came upon rocks. At first I didn't know what they were but I thought they were just plain rocks. All the sudden they kept trapping us, moving with us, and looked susppicious. The Wandering Rocks actually were to giude me to Scylla and Charbydis.

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Figure what these rocks are
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Figure out why rocks are following me

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The Wandernig Rocks

These rocks moved to make sure my men and I got to Scylla and Charbydis.

Wandering Rocks

The Sirens

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What Happened

Ulysses was able to pass their island in safety because, he followed the advice that Circe told him, he plugged the ears of his men with wax and had himself firmly bound to the mast of the ship so that he could hear the songs without danger.

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Have my men bound me to the mast of the ship
fill my men's ears with wax
listen for the songs
sail through safely
talk to Circe

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The Sirens

The Sirens

Scyalla and Charybdis

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What Happened

Scylla and Charbydis were two monsters who were on oppisite sides of the chanel of water. If I avioded Scylla, I would run into Charbydis, and if I avioded Charbydis, I would run into Scylla. To prevent this from happening I had to take advice from Circe and The Sirens. I was bounded to the mast of the ship and I listened to the sounds of music to sail through perfectly.

Charybdis

Charybdis is daughter of Poseidon and Gaia. She has a monstrous mouth. She swallows huge amounts of water three times a day and then belches them back out again creating whirlpools. Charybdis was originally a naiad, sea-nymph who flooded land to enlarge her father's underwater kingdom, until Zeus turned her into a monster.

Scylla

Scyalla was was one of the two monsters that lived on either side of a narrow channel of water. She was a sea monster, with six long necks equipped with grisly heads, which contained three rows of sharp teeth. Her body consisted of twelve canine legs and a cat's tail.

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Todo list

Aviod Scylla so my men don't get eaten
Aviod the whirlpool by Charybdis
Figure out how to sail perfectly through the chanel of water

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Scylla

Scylla, the 6 headed monster, who ate some of my men.

Charybids

This is the whirpool my ship came upon.

Scylla and Charybdis

The whirl pool and 6 headed monster

Calypso

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What Happened

I had an eventful experience on Calypso’s Island. Calypso saw me on my boat in the middle of the ocean and she turned me into a fish and took care of me. Calypso treated me like a king and I loved it! Everything was going great until one day Calypso told me some bad news about my home, Ithaca. She showed me in her fire that there were crazy things going on. My wife Penelope was being treated bad and suitors were trying to steal her. Calypso tried to make me immortal but I refused. After all of this bad news I found out that my future was not going to be good. I was going to be killed in my future. But, I just told her to make me a boat and leave!

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make sure i survive.
get great advice from calyso
get home to peneloope
have calypso read my future

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Calypso

Calypso

Ogygia

Calypso

Ino's Veil

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What Happened

Ino was very generous and gave me a veil so I would not drown. Since Posedion is so powerful, and can severly harm me and my men, the veil will help protect us. However, there's a bad side. The veil will not protect me from the rocks.

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Let Ulysses use my veil
To-do item
Don't run into Posedion again

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Ino

The Veil

This is the veil Ino gave me.

Naussica

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What Happened

In this chapter, I met a beautiful woman. She is the daughter King Alicinous. I met her when she was going to the shoreline to do laundry with her castle servants. I was not sure who she was but she gave me oil so I could get cleaned up and then she also gave me clothes. After that I got rest at the castle she took me to. She told me how to act properly and ordered me to go to her castle to meet her parents. It was an interesting experience.

A note from Naussica

I had a dream about Athene who was wondering why my clothes were so dirty. She told me i couldn't get married like that, and that I needed to go to the river to wash them. When I went to the river I found a man. Perhaps, he could be my future husband. The next day, I gave Ulysses a boat so he could get home. ~Naussica~

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Todo list

Get a new boat
Need food and water
Get oil
Rest

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Beautiful Naussica

Naussica's Castle