Painful Voyage Home
Odysseus had seen a lot of islands on his voyage home, none that he had seen or heard of before in his lifetime. Each island seem to represent a different god or creature. Every island was a different god, a different creature, a different adventure. Some were good but some were also sad, he would lose a lot of comrades on this voyage home. Almost every god tried to stop Odysseus, some tried to help him on his way home. Almost every god had a hand in his adventure home no matter if it was good or bad. They all had something to do with it to make in interesting. The goddess Atheina liked Odysseus because she was his protector and because he was a man of the god's laws. She was the god that sent Odysseus to the city of Troy. She wanted Odysseus to fight in Troy so that he will be known as the greatest hero and the greatest king of all times. Atheina wanted him to fight so that he will be forever be in the stars. She helps his son turn into a man and helps Odysseus. He helps him by turning him into an old man so that he could see for him self how the suitter treat his home. He fight beneath the walls of Troy, side by side with Akillies god among men. They fight bravely but Akilies gets killed by one
He reach's the island of hatieys the god of the under world. The god of the dead. He finds him and kills the ram. But first he fight of ghost, so that he saw the blood for what his name. He tells him the way that he see the future which he knows. He sees much more ghost and blood is still left. So he gives them the blood they take a drink and tells him the story's. He learned that his mom died cause she couldn't take the pain of losing her son no more so she killed her self by walking into the ocean. He hears other story's and heard one from one of his men. He told him that his wife had him killed by her boyfriend and how his son avenged his death. So now Odysseus is not sure if he wants to go back because he's not sure if his wife is still true to him. of the Trojans. Odysseus anger grows when looking at Akillies he falls a pone a play on how to get into the city of Troy. " The Famous Trojan Horse". So he gets in the city and kills everybody, even women and children. No mercy is given to the Trojans, so the Greeks take the treasure and the war against the Trojans is finally over after ten long years. He enters yet another island which has been told to him is a creature that is so evil that all of his men would be killed by this monster but its something he must face. This creature is big, fast ,strong and most of all very hungry for flesh. It kills most of his men, his best men. Then his boat falls off a water fall but when the boat fell it fell right in to the mouth of a water creature. He lost all of his men, and almost died him self. They are on a island were a goddess of the name of "Sosie". She tried to turn all of Odysseus friends in to animals. Odysseus gets some help from a god, Next island is the god of wind "Ayoleus", which play's games with Odysseus at first. He gives a bag of wind, so that he will open that bag and get him home. He helps him out cause his the first mortal that use's his mind and he likes that. The go
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Approximate Word count = 1334
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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