This swampy, marsh-like island is the home of the beautiful Circe, who tricks Odysseus’ men and turns them to pigs with her wine. Hermes gives Odysseus a magical herb so Circe can’t cast a spell on Odysseus, and he is able to convince Circe to turn his men back to normal.
This island is located at the ends of the ocean where dead people go. Odysseus is told to go here alone to talk to the prophet known as Tiresias. Odysseus is given some advice for a long and prosperous life. While in Hades, Odysseus also sees his mom, Anticleia, and finds out that she has died of grief because Odysseus was gone for so long.
The Sirens are singing mermaids that will keep singing to you until you die. They live on an isolated island, and all over the island are the bones of sailors who weren’t able to resist the Sirens. In order to pass them, Odysseus had his men put wax in their ears, and he was tied to the mast of the boat. Once they passed the Sirens and weren’t able to hear them anymore, Odysseus was untied.
The monster Charybdis is a giant mouth that sucks in water and forms a giant whirlpool. If sailors get too close to it, they lose the entire ship and aren’t able to escape.
This monster has six heads with three rows of razor sharp teeth, along with twelve tentacles, dog heads, and a cat tail. Odysseus decided to sail closer to this monster and risk losing six men, rather than losing the whole ship.
This is the land of the Sun God. Odysseus and his men stopped here because they were tired of traveling and wanted a break. Odysseus was told by Tiresias not to eat the cows on this island, because Helios, the Sun God, is very protective of her cattle. Odysseus tells his men not to eat the cows, but they don’t listen. Once they leave the island, Zeus punishes the men by killing them in a storm, all of them except for Odysseus, who washes up on an island.
This is the island that Odysseus washes up on. Calypso decides to make Odysseus her immortal husband, until finally Athena talks to Zeus about making Calypso let Odysseus go. Hermes is sent to the island, where he tells Calypso to send Odysseus home. On the island there are many trees, and a cave, along with the rock overlooking the sea that Odysseus would always sit on and cry for home.
