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Sophomore Honors: Places in the Odyssey

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Ismarus &CiconesCity near Troy sacked by Odysseus & men; six men from each ship lost
Lotus EatersMen forget home after eating fruit
CyclopsLawless Polyphemus traps men in cave
AeoliaOdysseus given bag of winds;
IthacaLand in sight but blown away when men open the bag
LaestrygoniansCannibalistic giants
CirceMen turned into pigs
HadesTeiresias tells Odysseus what he must do
AeaeaCirce turns Odysseus’ men into swine
SirensOdysseus’ men plug beeswax in their ears
ScyllaTwelve-footed, six-necked monster who eats Odysseus’ men
Charybdiswhirlpool
ThrinaciIsland of the sun, where Odysseus’ men dine on a forbidden meat while Odysseus is napping
CalypsoOdysseus sits on the beach here and cries, longing to return home or to at least see the smoke from fires burning from Ithaca
PhaeaciaNausicaa finds Odysseus washed up here
LaestrygoniansA woman “of monstrous proportions” spells doom for most of Odysseus’ men, who are “harpooned like fish” by the people who live here
AeaeaIsland home of Circe
Lotus EatersMany of Odysseus’ men lose their will to return home after indulging in a flowery fruit
SpartaSpot where Telemachus is recognized by the king’s wife because of his resemblance to his father
AeoliaOdysseus and his men are blown back to this spot
ScherieOdysseus shows off his discus-throwing skills and is brought to tears by a bard
PylosHome of Nestor


Burroughs High School
Ridgecrest, CA

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