Several days later Odysseus and his men arrived at the island of Aeolus, keeper of the winds. There, they stayed for about one month, and departed, in sight of the long-awaited Ithaca. ... Resenting this fact, Poseidon turned the new crew into stone for their generosity. ... He arrived at Sparta two days later, sleeping in the house of Diocles the first night, and arriving by nightfall the second day. ... The night ended and Telemachos was finally noticed to be Odysseus's son by Helen, Menaleus's wife. ...

• Word Count: 2524
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Athena disguises him as an old beggar to help him get past the suitors and when he gets to Penelope, she turns Odysseus back into himself and even makes him more handsome. Athena is just one example of the power women had over Odysseus during his journey home. ... Penelope was a very clever woman and it was not until days before Odysseus' return that she started to give up hope of his return. "So everyday she wove on the great loom-but every night by torchlight she unwove it; and so for three years she deceived the Achaeans," (Book 2, Lines 29-31). ... She represented Odysseus&...

• Word Count: 830
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Ancient Greeks and Family Values In the days of the ancient Greeks there were many things in their way of life that different from ours. ... Often these farmers were bought out for their land, and the farmer and their family could be sold into slavery. ... "I am your father- the Odysseus you wept for all your days, you bore a world of pain, the cruel abuse of men."" ... Along his long journey home, Odysseus was tempted many times to forget his wife and not return home. ... Only a single maidservant has ever seen the bed, and it is where the happy couple spends its first night in eac...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

- A wise Ithican elder admires and gives thanks to Telemachus for finally stepping into his fathers shoes, do to the fact that is the first time an assembly takes place since Odysseus left to war... - Penelope each night undid the knitting that she has finished that day so that she never could get married... He has the courage to do so in his journey to Pylos and Sparta. ... Penelope spends her days in the palace waiting for the husband who left for Troy twenty years earlier and never returned. ... She keeps Telemachus's journey secret from Penelope. ...

• Word Count: 1452
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School