1. The Odyssey
Book XII

2. Circe’s Island Odysseus returns to Aeaea to bury the body of Elpenor.
He spends one more night with Circe.
Odysseus having had passed the test of Circe, he asked for advice as a show of Xenia.

3. Circe’s Response
Circe describes to Odysseus that he will have many trials on the way home.

4. Sirens
Circe tells Odysseus to avoid the Sirens, but if he must listen to their song, then to tie himself to the mast of his ship and block his men’s ears with softened bee’s wax.

5. The Wandering Rocks
The next terror that Odysseus faced was the decision between Scylla or Charybdis
Scylla- The six headed monster who would eat six men only.
Charybdis- A huge water demon who would swallow any ship that got caught in its surge.

6. Thrinacia
Odysseus continues and as predicted lands on Thrinacia (the island of the sun)
Eurylochus convinces Odysseus to stop and they become stranded because of bad winds
They run out of food and then as Odysseus sleeps, Eurylochus leads the men to eat Helios’ cattle.

7. Which ultimately leads to their Doom…

8. Odysseus Alone
He floats alone on a piece of drifting ship, until he comes to Calypso’s island, Ogygia

9. And so we come to the beginning of
Book #1