Troy Falls
The Trojan Horse turns an endless war into a night victory.
Episodes
Episodes
Each stage of the journey gets its story, meaning, characters and adaptation questions.
Ismaros
The first stop shows that the Greeks do not yet know how to leave the war behind.
The Lotus-Eaters
The lotus erases the desire to return.
The Cyclops Polyphemus
Odysseus blinds Polyphemus, then makes the mistake of revealing his name.
Aeolus and the Bag of Winds
Odysseus receives the winds that could bring him home, but his crew opens the bag.
The Laestrygonians
The giants destroy almost all of Odysseus' fleet.
Circe
Circe turns the men into pigs, then becomes one of Odysseus' great helpers.
The Descent to the Underworld
Odysseus questions the dead to find the way home.
The Sirens
Odysseus wants to hear the Sirens without belonging to them.
Scylla and Charybdis
Odysseus must choose between two catastrophes.
The Cattle of Helios
The companions kill Helios' sacred cattle and doom the ship.
Calypso
Calypso keeps Odysseus and offers him a form of immortality.
The Phaeacians
Odysseus tells his journey and finally receives passage to Ithaca.
Ithaca and the Suitors
Odysseus returns in disguise, tests his house and retakes power.
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What this page adds
The episodes index is the practical spine of the site. It should not read like a simple menu: each episode is one form of pressure on return, from the violence left over from Troy to the recognition won in Ithaca.
The index can be used in order or by curiosity, but the sequence matters. The voyage works because every episode changes the next one: after each mistake, temptation or loss, Odysseus moves on with less certainty and more knowledge.