the oddyssey

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1) After embarking from Troy, Odysseus and his men sailed to Ismarus, home of the Cicones. Odysseus and his men sacked the city but were ultimately driven off by the Cicones. After these events, Odysseus' party landed their ships in the land of the Lotus-eaters where men who taste the lotus have no desire to return home. Then they landed on the island of the Cyclops, a land ruled by recluse giants. After tricking, blinding and escaping from the Cyclops, Odysseus landed on the floating island of Aeolian. This island is home to the famous Aeolus. The crew stayed for a month and received supplies. They then sailed for ten days, almost reaching Ithaca. But a jealous crewmember opened the bag given to Odysseus by Aeolus, releasing the west winds and blowing them back to Aeolian. Aeolian sent them off, insulted by their return and the crew rowed to the island of Laestrygonian. On the island, the crew came across a people of giants who destroyed all but Odysseus' ship with !

boulders. They then reached the Aeaean island, home of Circe. After avoiding Circe's magic, and freeing his men Odysseus resided at the home

Homer,"The Odyssey",translated by Robert Fagles, 1996

on the island. They run out of provisions, slaughter cattle, and suffer the consequences in death. In turn, Odysseus suffers the consequences by being held from home. It is my opinion that if Odysseus had denied the crew to dock at all, they would have returned to Ithaca with their lives. The worst scenario would have been mutiny. But, when the mutiny finally threw Odysseus from power, the ship would have been past the option to land on the island of the Sun for they would have passed it. Odysseus would return home ashamed that he was overthrown, but the crew would have survived. This outcome is still better than returning home broken, with no crew and in a strangers ship. So Odysseus' decision to avoid immediate conflict lead to the culmination of a later one. Odysseus was given a warning by all who predicted the future; he was not given his fate. He chose to ignore the warnings he was given and was therefore forced to suffer.

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of Circe for one year. Then, he traveled to the H

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