Lugares de la Odisea

0: 0 - Troy

Trojan War during 10 years

1: 12 - Corfou - Scheria

Odysseus left Ogygia on a small raft furnished with provisions of water, wine and food by Kalypso, only to be hit by a storm and washed up on the island of Scheria and found by Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of the Phaeacians, who entertained him well and escorted him to Ithaca. On the twentieth day of sailing he arrived at his home in Ithaca.

2: 11- Malta - Calypso

Odysseus was washed ashore on Ogygia, where the nymph Kalypso (Calypso) lived. She made him her lover for seven years and would not let him leave, promising him immortality if he stayed. On behalf of Athena, Zeus intervened and sent Hermes to tell Kalypso to let Odysseus go. Some believes that Ogygia is in the middle of Atlantic Ocean.

3: 10 - Sicilia - Thrinacia

Finally, Odysseus and his surviving crew landed on an island, Thrinacia, sacred to Helios, where he kept sacred cattle. Though Odysseus warned his men not to (as Tiresias had told him), they killed and ate some of the cattle. The guardians of the island, Helios' daughters told their father. Helios destroyed the ship and all the men save Odysseus.

4: 9 - stretto di Messina - Scylla and Charybdis

In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus is given advice by Circe to sail closer to Scylla, for Charybdis could drown his whole ship. Odysseus then successfully navigates his ship past Scylla and Charybdis, but Scylla manages to catch six of his men, devouring them alive.

5: 8 - the sirens

Odysseus escaped the Sirens by having all his sailors plug their ears with beeswax and tie him to the mast. He was curious as to what the Sirens sounded like. When he heard their beautiful song, he ordered the sailors to untie him but they ignored him. When they had passed out of earshot, Odysseus stopped thrashing about and calmed down, and was released.

6: 3 - Aetna - the cyclops Polyphemus

Polyphemus catches Odysseus and his men and devours two of them each day. Odysseus tricks Polyphemus by giving intoxicating wine and then blinds him, After this episode, Odysseus is haunted by the wrath of Poseidon. Victor Berard thought Vesusius was Polyphemus's home but for many searchers, it is Aetna in Sicilia.

7: 6 - Monte Circeo - Circe

Island of Cice the enchantress who changed all the Odysseus' men into pigs. She later fell in love with Odysseus and assisted him in his quest to reach his home after he and his crew spent a year with her on her island.

8: 5 - Sardania - The Laestrygonians

They came to Telepylos, the stronghold of Lamos, king of the Laestrygonians. These people attacked the fleet with boulders, sinking all but one of the ships and killing hundreds of Odysseus' men.

9: 7 - Vesuvius - Journey to the Underworld

Odysseus wanted to speak with Tiresias, so he and his men journeyed to the River Acheron where they performed sacrifices which allowed them to speak to the dead, including his mother, Elpenor, Tiresias, and Achilles. They all gave him valuable advice on how to pass the rest of his journey. Odysseus sacrificed a ram and the dead spirits were attracted to the blood. He held them at bay and demanded to speak with Tiresias, who told him how to pass by Helios' cattle.

10: 4 - Lipari - Aeolus

Odysseus stopped at Aiolia, home of Aeolus, the god of the winds. He gave them hospitality for a month and provided for a west wind to carry them home. Unfortunately he also provided a gift of a bag containing each of the four winds, which Odysseus' crew members, suspecting that treasure was in the bag, opened just before their home was reached. They were blown back to Aiolia, where Aeolus refused to provide any further help because he thought Odysseus was unlucky.

11: 2 - Djerba - The Lotus-Eaters

When Odysseus and his men landed on the island of the Lotus-Eaters, Odysseus sent out a scouting party who ate the lotus with the natives. This caused them to fall sleep and stop caring about ever going home. Odysseus went after the scouting party and dragged them back against their will to the ship and set sail. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus

12: 1 - Ipsaro - The Ciconians

After Odysseus and his men depart from Troy, they are greeted by friendly and calm waters. The crew had landed in Ciconia. 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 and fell asleep on the beach. The next morning, the Ciconians returned with their fierce kinsmen from the mountains. Odysseus and his men fled to the ships as fast as they could but they lost many men still. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus

13: 13- Ithaca - Odysseus's home