Can you find a map that depicts Odysseus journey?

Odysseus’ journey does not map with certainty onto any known geography. Homer doesn’t specify exact locations. This has not stopped Homer’s readers, ancient as well as modern, from attempting to reconstruct his travels by real world landmarks in the Mediterranean — and it won’t stop us!

What places does Odysseus travel to?

Odysseus’ Journey in Homer’s The Odyssey

• Troy. x. Modern Day Turkey.
• Ismaros (Land of the Cicones) x.
• The Island of the Lotus Eaters. x.
• The Island of the Cyclopes. x.
• Aeolia (The Island of Aeolus) x.
• Telepylos (Land of the Laestrygonians) x.
• Aeaea (Circe’s Island) x.
• The Underworld (Land of the Dead) x.

Where did Odysseus begin his journey?

And yet, everyone managed to return to their loved ones except Odysseus who wandered for ten whole years through seas and countries far away from home, enduring many hardships until finally reaching Ithaca. Starting from Troy, Odysseus had 12 ships at his disposal in which his comrades fought, and fell.

Where does Odysseus go next in his journey?

When his men finally persuade him to continue the voyage homeward, Odysseus asks Circe for the way back to Ithaca. She replies he must sail to Hades, the realm of the dead, to speak with the spirit of Tiresias, a blind prophet who will tell him how to get home.

What route did Odysseus take?

Timelines of Homer’s Odyssey
Odysseus narrates his adventures to Phaeacians.	Odysseus arrives on Calypso’s island.
The Phaeacians bring Odysseus to Ithaca. He stays with the swineherd Eumaios.
Telemachus travels back to Pherai. Next he sails to Pylos, then home to Ithaca.

What is the order of Odysseus journey?

Timelines of Homer’s Odyssey
Chronological Order	Odyssey Order
Odysseus and his men raid the Cicones.	Council of the gods. Athena bargains with Zeus.
They arrive at the Land of the Lotus Eaters.	Athena visits Telemachus; he sails for Pylos.
Odysseus blinds Polyphemus.	Telemachus reaches Pylos, then moves on to Sparta.

Where did Odysseus travel after the Trojan War?

Ithaca
After the Trojan War, Odysseus embarked on a ten-year journey to reach his home, Ithaca; his adventures are recounted – mostly in flashbacks – in Homer’s monumental epic “Odyssey.” Chronologically, this is the order in which they happen.

When did The Odyssey take place?

The Odyssey takes place at the time of the mythical Trojan War, believed to have occurred about 3200 years ago (around 1200 BCE).

Is there a map of Odysseus in the Odyssey?

No map of The Odyssey is definitive. “You will find the scene of Odysseus’ wanderings when you find the cobbler who sewed up [his] bag of winds.” So wrote the ancient Greek geographer Eratosthenes in the 2nd century BCE.

Where did Odysseus go on his journey?

This map shows Odysseus’ journey after he left Troy. While his encounters were fictional — there were no Lotus Eaters, Sirens, or Cyclopes in the ancient Mediterranean — his ports of call were real. As you can see from the names of the modern nations, the bards who sang of Odysseus sent him to very real places in the Greek world.

Where do you find Odysseus’wanderings?

“You will find the scene of Odysseus’ wanderings when you find the cobbler who sewed up [his] bag of winds.” So wrote the ancient Greek geographer Eratosthenes in the 2nd century BCE. Nevertheless, countless geographers, classicists, historians, and literary critics have speculated on the landmarks of Homer’s epic.

How many ships did Odysseus have at his disposal?

Starting from Troy, Odysseus had 12 ships at his disposal in which his comrades fought, and fell. This was of course no accident, seeing as the Gods of Olympus were very angry for the burning of their temples in Troy by the Greeks.