Odysseus' Journey Home
by Lillian Bonar
Essay: Odysseus' Journey Home
Pages: 11
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During Odysseus’ journey back home to Ithaca, him and his crew encountered many evils and troubles. Almost
every one of these took at least one of his men. Scylla is an example of this. This monster took six of Odysseus’
men while on the journey home. Nearly ever was it Odysseus’ fault. His men caused most of the problems that
haunted them back to Ithaca.
His hardships started when he was sent off to fight in the Trojan War. He had to fight because he had made an
oath to Helen’s husband that he would always defend her honor. When Paris abducted Helen he was then forced
to fight. After he had fought for Helen and had left, the wind then swept him to the island of the Cicones and
fought and lost many men. He survived this mishap and then suffered another after sailing for quite a while.
Odysseus and his men came upon an island and he sent three of his men to check it out and it was the island of
the lotus-eaters. (The lotus’ were toxic and highly addictive, pretty much like a street drug in this day in time.)
Once the three men approached the island, they were immediately tempted by the men on the island to eat the
lotus. They were immediately addicted and did not continue the journey home to Ithaca with Odysseus and the
other men.
Odysseus and his men were not prepared for what came next. They thought they were on their way home when
they stopped for a break on the Island of Cyclopes. The crew started off by wondering around and finding
something to eat and they saw the Cyclopes milking her sheep and when she herded the sheep back into the
cave, Odysseus’ men started to follow but he stopped them and said that they would enter the cave at dawn.
Odysseus woke, and they did just as planned. They saw the Cyclopes leave his cave ...