There is a key for the map of Odysseus' route and journey.
There is a map of possible route of Odysseus.The text was adapted from other sources.
1.After 10 years of siege, the Greek forces capture and destroy the city.Homer's version is told in the poem.
2.Odysseus and his men plunder the city of Ismarus but are eventually driven away with losses.
3.It is possible that Odysseus' fleet lands on the shores of North Africa or the island of Jerba.
4.The caves of Mt. are near Naples.Sicily is a possible location for Cyclops.
5.The ruler of the winds lives on the Aeolian Island.The fleet can sail in sight of Ithica when the crew causes disaster because of his gift to Odysseus.
6.The south coast of Corsica is where a race of giants destroy all of the fleet and men except for Odysseus' boat and crew.
7.The island of Aeaea is associated with Monte Circeo.She enslaves men by turning them into animals.She told Odysseus that he had to enter the Halls of Hades before he could return home.
There are 8.The descriptions of Lake Avernus are similar to locations on the Greek coast.The prophet Tiresias is consulted by Odysseus when he speaks with the dead.
There are 9.The Islands of the Sirens are where Odysseus is tied to the mast of his ship so he can listen to their deadly songs.
10.The Straits of Messina contain the narrows where Scylla, monster of the ocean caves, and Charybdis, the whirlpool, challenge passage.
11.Sicily is the island home of the sun-god, Hyperion.The remaining crew and boat were destroyed for killing cattle.
There are 12.The island of Ogygia is where Odysseus is washed up.He stays with the goddess for 7 years before the Olympian gods relent and allow him to return to his home.
13The island of Scheria is present-day Corfu.After Odysseus tells his story, the sailors escort him home.