Odysseus's Journey

Odysseus is the king of Ithaca who had led the victorious war against Troy. He and his soldiers had been fighting the Trojan War for about ten years and were looking forward to going back home. But on their way, many obstacles slowed down their journey to their beloved Ithaca. Odysseus was a great leader who cared for his men and Ithaca. To make him an even better leader Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom, also gave him the gift of being “quick of hand but quicker still of wit.” Even thought they had just won the Trojan War the book is about their journey back and the obstacles they faced to return to their lovely wives and children, who are awaiting for their returns. The first obstacle they faced was in the island of the Lotus eating people. There, the first of Odysseus's men that got to land to search for food got brain washed by the fruit of the Lotus eating people. Odysseus, being “quick of hand but quicker still of wit” told all his men to retreat and head back to the heavy waters. The second obstacle the brave soldiers faced was at the Island of Cyclopes. When they arrived at what they thought was a little island, they saw an enormous cave in it. That caves belonged to a Cyclopes that ate Odysseus’s men two by two at a time. This time Odysseus brilliant plan was to stab the one and only eye of the Cyclopes with a burning hot, heavy wooden stick. This action of Odysseus got the Cyclops really angry and called his father Poseidon, to curse Odysseus on his journey. From then on as they rowed day after day, the curse of Poseidon sailed with them. That’s as far as I read of this adventures myth.