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ldsingleton
ldsingleton
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High School - 9th Grade

Where is Odysseus located at the poem's commencement?

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Posted by ldsingleton on Friday October 30, 2009 at 8:46 AM and tagged with history, odysseus location.

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  1. pohnpei397 Teacher
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    The Odyssey, traditionally credited to Homer, is the story of the adventures undergone by Odysseus as he returns home to Ithaca from his participation in the Trojan War.  On his long journey home, Odysseus encounters many dangers and has to devise ways to avoid them (or to get out of them when he hasn't been able to avoid them).

    At the outset of the poem, Odysseus is Calypso's island.  She is the daughter of Atlas and is in love with Odysseus.  She has offered him immortality but he has refused.  She has helped him build a raft to leave the island, and it is from that point that The Odyssey begins.

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    Posted by pohnpei397 on Friday October 30, 2009 at 11:16 AM