![]() ![]() Suitors tried but they were unsuccessful. She knew that Odysseus was the only one able to do this. Penelope had told all of Ithaca that she would marry anyone able to string her husband’s bow. It was late and Athena disguised him as a beggar so he could find out what happened while he was gone. These obstacles would continue until finally, Odysseus made it home. ![]() The winds were released and blew the ships back to their starting point. But just as they were approaching the shore, a few crew members opened the bag, mistaking it for a bag of treasure. This allowed the west wind to blow exclusively, steering the ships to Ithaca. Aelos gave Odysseus all of the winds except for the west wind in a bag. The ships eventually reached the island of Aeolus, the god of the winds. But Odysseus was smart and found a way to defeat the Cyclops by blinding him. The Cyclops began eating the crew members. In one story, storms caused Odysseus’ ships to go off course, landing on the island of the Cyclops. But his journey would take him ten years and through many obstacles. ![]() Odysseus’ JourneyĪfter the war, Odysseus was eager to return home. They attacked the Trojans and won the war. Once the Trojans had fallen asleep, most of them drunk from the celebration, the wooden horse opened. The Trojans accepted and celebrated their victory. They presented them with a large wooden horse as a gift. The Greeks tricked the Trojans into thinking they were retreating. Other versions say that Odysseus tricked Palamedes into going into a well, where he was quickly buried at the bottom.īut the most famous contribution Odysseus made to the Trojan War was the Trojan Horse. Some versions of Odysseus’ myth suggest that he exposed Palamedes as a traitor and the Greeks turned on him. But when it came to Palamedes, he might have played a role in his death because of the grudge he held against him. He helped Achilles’ manage the death of Patroclus. He served as an advisor and solved several predicaments. Odysseus played an important role in the war. Odysseus swerved to miss the baby, proving that he was sane. A man by the name of Palamedes did not believe Odysseus to be crazy and to prove his hypothesis, he placed Odysseus’ son in front of the plow. To avoid helping rescue Helen, he decided to feign madness. Odysseus did not want to partake because of a premonition he had been told, telling him that it would take him on a long journey, keeping him from his family. All the men who had drawn straws to win Helen were called back to help in the quest to rescue her. It wasn’t long after that Helen was abducted by Prince Paris of Troy. ![]()
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