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=THE ODYSSEY = BY Lukas Malakauskas And Michael Cottrell Once Troy fell, Odysseus with battle hardened men were heading home to Ithaca.So on his way home, supplies was running on low so he stopped at an island where he found humongous sheep.Looking for any other signs of life,they finally found the cyclops named Polyphemus. Odysseus`s men were starting to be eaten by the cyclops. In an attempt to escape he stuck a fiery stake into his only eye. Odysseus and his men escaped only to be cursed by Poseidon since the cyclops so happened to be his son. Later they found the land of the Lotus Eaters when two of his men lost their memory from eating some. After that encounter they stayed with Aeolus master of the winds, but they abused his help all of his men and ships except his were eaten by cannibals. Later landing on the island of the witch goddess Circe. Half of his men were turned into pigs. Hermes gave Odysseus a drug called moly to resist her magic. His men were changed back and they lived on her island for a year so they ate an drank in happiness for that time. After living in luxury Odysseus finally wanted to leave.Circe gave them some advise.When they pass a narrow channel and they will have to choose one of to ways one side has a terrible sea monster Scylla that will eat 6 of your men.On the other side is a giant whirlpool Charybdis Crushing everything coming at it.Circe told Odysseus that it was better to lose 6 men than all of them and a ship.Once they got past those dreadful things they now had to deal with the sirens.Singing beautifully just to lure men to them so they can eat them.They made it passed safely.Once they got on the island Helios, Odysseus told everyone not to touch the cattle, but all of the men had stolen and eaten one behind Odysseus’s back.Right when they left the island Helios they were instantly hit by a storm that sank there ship.Everyone, but Odysseus (who did not eat any of the cattle) died.Odysseus swam to the nearest island which happened to be Calypso’s home.Odysseus just want to stay until he recovered, but but calypso wanted him to stay for her whole life which was about 10 billion years.Athena felt bad for Odysseus and ordered Calypso to set him free.After a couple more hardships he made it back to Ithaca.There was one problem suitors already wanted to marry Penelope so once she found out Odysseus was back she had an archery contest and the winner of the contest would get to marry Penelope.And Odysseus won because everyone knew he was the best archer in Greece.

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