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Odysseus had to drag crew members back to the ship. Odysseus and Polyphemus (1896) by Arnold Böcklin: Odysseus and his crew escape the Cyclops Polyphemus. The rest then set sail and landed at the land of Polyphemus, son of Poseidon. After a few were killed by him Odysseus blinded him and managed to escape, but earned Poseidon's wrath.
A mosaic depicting Odysseus, from the villa of La Olmeda, Pedrosa de la Vega, Spain, late 4th–5th centuries AD. The Odyssey begins after the end of the ten-year Trojan War (the subject of the Iliad), from which Odysseus (also known by the Latin variant Ulysses), king of Ithaca, has still not returned because he angered Poseidon, the god of the sea.
Epic: The Musical (stylized as EPIC) is a nine-part series of concept albums (referred to as "sagas") with music and lyrics by Jorge Rivera-Herrans. A sung-through adaptation of Homer's Odyssey inspired by musical theater, it tells the story of Odysseus as he tries to return from Troy to Ithaca after the ten-year-long Trojan War.
During the journey, Odysseus and his crew fight against a man-eating cyclops, powerful giants, and the sirens. They defeat witches and sea monsters, and anger the Zeus and Poseidon.
In the Odyssey, Homer describes Odysseus' journey home from Troy. Prior to the Trojan War , Odysseus was King of Ithaca , a Greek island known for its isolation and rugged terrain. [ 1 ] When he departs from Ithaca to fight for the Greeks in the war, he leaves behind a newborn child, Telemachus , and his wife, Penelope .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. Legendary Greek king of Ithaca For other uses, see Odysseus (disambiguation). See also: Ulysses Fictional character Odysseus Head of Odysseus from a Roman period Hellenistic marble group representing Odysseus blinding Polyphemus, found at the villa of Tiberius at Sperlonga, Italy In ...
The sack of Troy. 14. The returns. Menelaos and Agamemnon quarrel; Calchas and Mopsos. Agamemnon sails with the main fleet; the storm at Tenos, and Nauplios the wrecker. The fate of Neoptolemos; various wanderings and returns. The later history of the Pelopids. The return of Odysseus (a summary of the Odyssey). The later history of Odysseus.
The destruction of Troy by the Greeks Nostoi ("returns") 5: Agias or Eumelus: The return home of the Greek force and the events contingent upon their arrival, concluding with the returns of Agamemnon and Menelaus: Odyssey: 24: Homer: The end of Odysseus' voyage home and his vengeance on his wife Penelope's suitors, who have devoured his ...