Odysseus Journeys In Homer's The Odyssey

The Odyssey is a story written by Homer, based on Odysseus and his Journeys that were dangerous, but yet adventurous. The journey begins ten years after the Trojan War and Odysseus was still not home in Ithaca since the beginning of the war. In his home in the town of Ithaca, the suitors who had overrun Odysseus are now trying to get Odysseus’ wife Penelope to choose between the suitors, but the problem is that Penelope is still loyal to Odysseus and is waiting for him to return from the Trojan war. Odysseus’ second Journey on his way back home is the Land of the Lotus Eaters. Zeus “the god of all gods” hit Odysseus’ crew with a nine day storm while they were sailing to get to Ithaca.

The storm that Zeus sent to Odysseus and his men, took

them to “The Island of the Lotus Eaters.” On the Island of the Lotus Eaters, Odysseus and his men meet the people who live on the Island and they give them some fruit, that is intoxicated with the toxins of the Lotus tree. Him and his men get stuck on the Island for a week and a half, because they kept eating the fruit off of the tree. Odysseus took his men and had them tied to the ship so they could not go back to the Island of the Lotus Eaters. His next Journey was to the Cyclops. When he goes into the Cyclops home his plan is to kill him and to stab him in the eye.
Odysseus escapes the Cyclops by hiding under a sheep after he stabs him in the eye. On to his next journey, he travels to the Land of the Dead. At the Land of the Dead, Odysseus goes and sees Aeolus “God of the Winds” and he gives Odysseus a bag of winds for when Odysseus needs it the most. After visiting the God of the Wind, he and his crew go to visit Circe. Circe is a Nymph which means that she is basically a fairy, she turns Odysseus’ men into swines. When Odysseus goes to try and rescue them, Hermes “Messenger to all Gods and Goddess” he greets Odysseus in the form of a young boy. He tells Odysseus to eat an herb called moly that will protect him from Circe's drug.
Odysseus saves his men and leaves the Island that Circe is on. The next main point in the Story is when Odysseus goes back home and finds the Suitors trying to make his beloved wife Penelope choose a new husband between all of the Suitors. Penelope declines them, because she is still waiting for Odysseus to return back home no matter how long it takes him. She tells the Suitors that who ever can shoot an arrow through a ring she will choose them to be their husband.
Odysseus comes and kills all the suitors and Penelope tests him to see if he is actually Odysseus. He passes the test and moves on with his life that he has missed out on for his 20 years he has been gone. Odysseus faces many challenges throughout all of the years he was gone and he still survived. He is a survivor, through all the things that could have killed him, he somehow survived. Odysseus and his story still live out through history.