Ithaca

Finally I had returned home!

I awoke to a shrouded mist made by Athena. Athena appeared to me  in shepherd form, in which I was suspicious and lied to. Then she changed to a beautiful woman and convinced me to hide the treasure in a cave and find out how to kill the suitors. She turned me into an old man so he wouldn't be recognized. Me and my son Telemachus took care of the suitors and I was finally retunited with my wife after 20 long years and I was glad to see how much of man my strong son Telemachus had become. The events of the War have chaged me forever and made me a hero that I hope all men can look upto.

Scheria

I decided to ask Nausicaa in a humble way that would not scare her, if she would help me.  I decided not to scare Nausicaa but to use charm with my words. If I had scared Nausicaa, she would have run and I never would have figured out how to get on Alcinous and Arête’s good side. Nausicaa said yes and gave me instructions on how to get on her parents good side and gave me a bath and clothes. Athena then lead me to the palace of Alcinous and Arete and I followed Nausicaa’s instructions to win favour among the two. I then told them my story of all of my advenchers and my hope to return home to my Ithaca, wife and child.While I was there for the four days I also competed in a few competitions (discus, etc) and won. Alcinous then gave me lots of gifts and escorted him to Ithaca. On the return trip, my ship turned to stone!

 

Ogygia

The beautiful and wise goddess Calypso saved me and forced herself to be my lover for seven years. The great messenger Hermes came to tell Calypso to release me after Athene and Zeus had intervened on my part and she gave me generous food and wood to make a raft. On the way to Scheria I met Ino as I was about to drown and she gave me a cloak that would make me stay alive for the next few days while he was on sea.

I decided to listen to Ino's instructions instead of doubt her. At first I  doubted her, but then listened, of course I had no other choice. But by  doing this I made it to Scheria.

Thrinakia, Kharybdis

When we passed Thrinakia, I told them not to stop, but once again the men mutinied and they stopped. For a long time, they resisted temptation to eat Lord Helios' sacred cattle, but because Poseidon beached us, eventually when supplies ran out, they had to eat the cattle. We had remained on the Island for a month and a week. However, when the cattle kept on moving once they were cut into pieces, the men kept on eating and angered Lord Helios. For fear of losing the sun, Zeus granted Poseidon permission to punish the men.  . He unleashed a water tornado that killed all but me (because I hadn’t eaten the meat) and was sent back to the Kharybdis were I survived by hanging onto a branch above the maelstrom until it let up. I was a dark time. I had lost all of my men in one fell swoop. I almost gave up and thought what the point of going on was. It not for the thought of seeing my wife and son. It was the only thing giving me the strength to continue.  

Skylla and Khaybdis

I followed Teiresias' directions went past the Sirens without harm over to the Skylla, knowing that 6 men would die, but did could not tell my crew. we made it past to Thrinakia after a day but had lost 6 men.  

I couldn't tell the men that six of them would die, because this would instil fear which instils mutiny which is one of the worst words a captain can utter and i couldn't let that have a dishonarable death in fear but knowing they would die was awful so mcuh so that I can't bare to talk of it.

 

Erebos

As per Krike's instructions, I arrived at Erebos and made many sacrifices to draw the dead people near and I fought them all off, even my mother, until I met Teiresias. Teiresias told him me to stop by Thryinacia and how to get past the Skylla, Kharybdis and the Seirenes.

Later I conversed with many dead people including Akhilleus, Antiklea, Elpenor, Aias and Agamemnon as well as many lovers of gods. Later I left after Persephone let the scary people come. It was a very interesting and haunting experience; thank Zeus that I was there for a day.

The only decision that I made was to follow the advice of Kirke, which got me out alive and made me a hero. It also helped to get past the Skylla, Kharybdis and Seirenes. However nothing I could do would make a difference with the outcome because of Poseidon's great hate for me.

Aiaia

After the disasters on the last few islands I decided that I didn’t want to explore the new island, but Eurylokhos (second captain) wanted to, so I sent 20 men to explore. When this group neared the house of Kirke, Eurylokhos took the hint of tame mountain lions as a sign of witchery and told his men not to go in, they refused and were turned into pigs.The great God Hermes came to me and told me to eat a flower that would make me invincible to Kirke's magic and then to be her lover for a year (although I am in love with my wife Penelope and nothing will change it. After I did this I told Kirke that it was time for me to return home and she told me to see Teiresias in Erebos for information on how to get back to Ithaca. On the day of leaving, the drunken Elpenor fell of the roof and broke his neck. With the sad death of my second in command it brings the total losses to 80 men and 11 ships.

I seem to have learnt from the mistakes of my past as I decided to listen to Hermes’ advice and carry out the plan which lead them to Erebos where we got a lot of useful information which will help us in our journey to Ithaca.