Odysseus, son of Laertes, the wily Achaean hero seeking to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. In these books he is a weary, disguised stranger who petitions King Alcinous, endures the hospitality of Nausicaa, builds a raft on Calypso’s island, confronts Polyphemus, and receives counsel from many gods.
Relationships
guided by
when:event minerva mist
where:scheria
petitions
when:event reception at palace
description: asks for safe passage home
receives
when:event reception at palace
description: kneels before the queen, receives hospitality
when:event banquet
description: gift from Laodamas
when:event banquet
description: gift from Laodamas
when:event banquet
description: gift from Alcinous
when:event build raft
description: from Calypso
when:event ino rescue
description: from Ino/Leucothea
meets
when:event meeting nausicaa
description: receives clothing and a veil
throws
when:event athletic games
description: impresses the crowd and Minerva
builds
when:event build raft
description: using trees, axe, adze, mast, rudder, and provisions from Calypso
sails
when:event storm neptune
description: caught in Neptune’s storm
abandons
when:event ino rescue
description: leaves raft and swims to shore
encounters
when:event polyphemus encounter
description: trapped in cave, men eaten
blinds
when:event polyphemus encounter
description: stakes his eye with a sharpened olive‑wood beam
resists
when:event circe encounter
description: does not fall under her potion thanks to moly