⚔️​The Odyssey: From Melbourne to Mythic Quests Unveiled! ⛵ The Odyssey begins invoking the muses to help tell the story of one man's journey home across the sea. It begins in medias res or in the middle of things where Odysseus is stuck on the goddess Calypso's island of Ogygia Penelope is faithfully at home in Ithaca which has been overrun with suitors who are eating her out of hearth and home And their son Telemachus wants information on his father The first 4 books of the Odyssey are often referred to as the Telemachy since it tells of Odysseus's son Telemachus leaving his home in search of news on his father. Even though Poseidon has been tormenting Odysseus he has been allowed to return home by the other gods But while he's still on his journey 108 suitors have moved into his home in the hopes of marrying his wife Athena tells Telemachus that he should get on a ship and find his father and if he can't find him then he should return home deal firmly with the suitors and find another man to marry his mother. #odyssey #melbourne #odysseus #greek_mythology #myths #homer #history #worldhistory