Monmouth, Illinois

Instructor: Thomas J. Sienkewicz (toms@monm.edu)

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Odyssey Chronology

Directions: Rearrange the following events of the Odyssey in the order in which they actually occurred. Then provide two meaty sentences of information about this event. (Identify characters and their significance. Relate this event to at least two Folktale Themes.)

Odysseus Lands on Ithaka

Telemachus Visits Nestor in Pylos

Odysseus' Men Eat the Cattle of the Sun God

Telemakhos Visits Menelaus and Helen in Sparta

Odysseus' Men Open Aeolus' Bag of Winds

Penelope Suggests That Odysseus' Bed be Moved

Odysseus is Recognized by Eurykleia

Circe Turns Odysseus' Men into Swine

Odysseus Meets the Ghost of His Mother

Nausikaa Finds Odysseus

Odysseus Encounters Skylla and Charybdis

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