The Odyssey Explained In 25 Minutes | Best Greek Mythology Documentary

Two thousand eight hundred years ago a blind poet known as Homer would produce two epic works, the Iliad would tell the story of the Trojan War where a great city was conquered by one of the most devious plans in history but the Trojans having been defeated The blind poets They would now turn their attention to Odysseus with his second epic, the Odyssey which documents his journey home after having built the Trojan horse. Odysseus had secured victory against all odds and had proven his reputation as the most cunning of the Greeks, but all the while Odysseus only longed.

One thing is to finally return to his homeland of Ithaca, where he could be reunited with his wife Penelope and his son. son Telemachus, but while his family awaited his return, Odysseus' journey home would take ten long years during which he and his crew would have to face the most difficult situations. terrifying creatures known to man such an epic journey his story would be told for thousands of years this is his story odysseus ruled the

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island of ithaca but spent ten long years fighting at troy to win back the spartan queen helen but with his mission now odysseus He fully expected to travel back to his homeland, where his wife Penelope and son Telemachus were waiting to gather their fleet of ships on the Trojan shores.

Odysseus would set sail relieved to finally return home to Troy in ruins. They would first head north to look for supplies. Landing on the shores of Ismara, home of the Syconians, a Thracian tribe that had fought on the side of the Trojans gathering the supplies they needed, Odysseus and his men would find themselves under attack by the Soconians, but overwhelmed by a tribe so large that They were forced to return to their ships and soon resume their journey south. They would sail around the coast of Greece before heading north towards Ithaca, but as they approached home, a huge storm broke out, blowing them off course and heading towards the island of lost and confused lotus eaters.

Odysseus and his crew would soon abandon their ships asking the island's inhabitants for help and directions, but instead of giving them instructions, they would offer them something. The fruit of the island's numerous lotus trees, unknown to Odysseus. The lotus fruit contained a powerful drug that caused those who consumed it to fall asleep forgetting their past and wanting to stay on the island forever while several members of his crew began to fall around him Odysseus would realize the sinister nature of the fruit quickly forbidding its consumption rescuing his sleeping companions would lead them to their ships making a quick escape and heading out to sea, but having been blown off course, Odysseus and his fleet have been at sea for longer than expected and now They were running out of supplies, stopping at the first island they found, they would soon spot a shepherd's camp in the distance with Odysseus choosing a small group of warriors to accompany him taking several cases of wine to exchange, the hungry crew filled with joy when they saw large supplies of cheese and meat inside a cave next to the shepherd's flock that the warriors would help themselves to. supplies, but soon the owner of the cave would return the giant Cyclops Polyphemus, a son of Poseidon who sealed the entrance with a giant rock, ignoring Odysseus' cries that he was there to trade.

Polyphemus would grab two of the warriors, crushing them each in his fists before eating their bones. He would then leave the cave and return each morning and evening to feast on what was left of the terrified crew, knowing that the odds were against him, one more time. Odysseus would devise a cunning plan to escape, realizing that he could not defeat Polyphemus, and would offer it to the Cyclops. the wine he had brought with him to help wash away the taste of his friends and the Cyclops soon fell drunk, he asked Odysseus's name to thank him for the gift, but instead of giving his real name, Odysseus insisted that it was not his name. to no one thanking no one Polyphemus would soon fall asleep where Odysseus would begin to sharpen a wooden stake that he had found in the cave approaching the sleeping giant he would drive the stake deep into his eye blinding the cyclops but making sure not to kill him like the rock Block the The entrance to the cave would still have to be moved Polyphemus would scream in agony, a scream so loud that the Cyclopes from the entire island would rush to the cave calling for Polyphemus, they would ask him what is wrong, who is killing you, but Polyphemus would scream in response, nobody is. kill anyone, it was just as Odysseus had planned and the Cyclops soon left in confusion, but while Polyphemus was now blind, there was no way for the men to move the giant rock blocking the entrance and Odysseus came up with another plan when Polyphemus He went to move the rock the next morning to let his sheep out to graze, he would feel each of the animals as they passed to check that it was not one of the humans, but Odysseus and his men would tie themselves to the bottom of the sheep, allowing them to pass undetected and reach their ships, they would manage to escape the island with Polyphemus throwing rocks in their direction as they walked away, but Odysseus would make a costly mistake, defeated by his achievement, he would reveal to the Cyclops that his name was nobody, but Odysseus, the famous hero of the Trojan War, unknown to Odysseus, this would allow Polyphemus to give the name of his attacker to his father, Poseidon, the god of the sea, who in revenge for his son's blindness would curse Odysseus so that he would lose his entire crew on his next voyages. and wander the seas for ten long years before he could set foot on his homeland, unaware of the curse Poseidon had placed on him, Odysseus and his crew would land on the floating island of Aeolia after dining with his guests, King Aeolus, who ruled the island, would offer Odysseus a parting gift a leather bag containing the power of the winds which, if used with great precision, could speed his journey home by setting sail once again.

Odysseus would make use of the winds with his homeland of Ithaca soon in sight, but as he approached the island's shores. His crew, believing that the bag Aeolus had given him contained large sums of gold and silver, decided to take some for themselves by opening the bag while Odysseus's back was turned. All the winds rushed in at once, pushing their ships back into the ocean with everyone on board holding on. Their lives would reach the island of Ayola once again, but this time their arrival would not be received with the same generosity they had received before because King Aeolus, knowing that only a curse from the gods could have brought Odysseus back to his island, would refuse.

To help him further by expelling him from the palace to avoid the wrath of the gods still unaware of Poseidon's curse, Odysseus would set sail once again but like his previous attempts to reach his homeland, this time he would also bring misfortune upon arrival. to the port of Lastragonia. Odysseus would send three scouts to search for food and the people of the city, but the scouts would soon realize that they were not in a place where the people were being chased back to their ships by giants, bloodthirsty cannibals, the The explorers with them soon turned their attention to Odysseus's ships in the harbor, throwing stones at them.

The Lastragonians would destroy all the ships except one, and Odysseus would barely make it out alive, tired and exhausted, the only one. Odysseus's remaining ship would soon arrive at the island of Aya, which was his home. To the beautiful witch Cersei, daughter of the sun god Helios, dividing his men into two groups, Odysseus would stay on his ship and establish his camp while the others searched for food on the island and would soon arrive at Cersei's house where docile wolves and lions trembled. her feet, inviting the men to dine with her, she served them a large cup of barley cheese and wine, but unbeknownst to the men, there was a secret ingredient within the food, the men began to fall asleep, but when When they woke up they no longer had human form, instead they took on the bodies of pigs, but a man who had no appetite for food had seen the events unfold and quickly ran to Odysseus to tell him the fate of his crew upon hearing the news.

Odysseus immediately set out to rescue his men but on the way he was stopped by the messenger god Hermes who had come to help him by giving Odysseus a magic herb to Molly Hermes would tell him to place it in Cersei's potions so as not to feel the effects of his enchantments taking molly odysseus approach cersei and begin to have dinner with her surprising the witch when he remained in human form drawing his sword he stood up and threatened to kill cersei unless she transformed her crew back into humans with the sword at his throat Cersei would quickly agree with the pigs at his feet transformed back into men so impressed by Odysseus's heroic acts, Cersei would invite him to her bedroom and the two would have a son together named Telegonus, remaining on the island for A whole year, Odysseus decided it was time to leave, but when he began to set sail.

Cersei would advise him to visit the underworld where the prophet Teresius could advise him on how to survive the many trials that awaited him at sea following Cersei's advice Odysseus would travel west to the edge of the world where an entrance to the underworld was located completing a sacrifice Ritual at the entrance Odysseus would summon the spirits of the dead where the blind prophet Teresius would appear. He warned that Odysseus and his men would soon find themselves on the island of the sun god Helios and that they must refrain from eating his livestock if they wanted to get home alive, but if they harmed the cattle in any way, then death would follow, thankful that the prophet Odysseus left on his ship, determined that when the time came no man would touch the sun god's cattle, but shortly after setting sail, Odysseus and The men would begin to hear a beautiful melody because their ship was passing by the house of the mermaids, irresistible creatures that lured Cena to death with their fascinating songs, however this time Odysseus had come prepared, remembering the advice that Cersei had given him. , he would instruct his crew. plug their ears with beeswax so that they could not be seduced by the sirens' song, but Odysseus, who wanted to be the first man to hear the song and survive, did not plug his ears with wax, but instead asked his crew to tie him to the ship's mast and so As the ship passed, the sirens came home and their songs grew louder and louder.

Odysseus began to fight, attracted by the sound with every fiber of his being, he begged his men to let him go, but no one responded to his call as the wax continued. to cover his ears and eventually make it through safely, Odysseus would be freed after being the first man to survive the call of the sirens, but unbeknownst to him, the sirens were destined to die if a mortal ever resisted them. their charming song and each one of them took their own lives. as his ship sailed towards the horizon, if you love art as much as we do and are captivated by the beauty of some of the pieces you've already seen in this video, then you'll love today's sponsor with over 400,000 users, masterworks dot io. a platform dedicated to the securitization of blue-chip artworks for retail and accredited investors;

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OdysseusI would head towards Ziller for a while. The monster would take six of his men. It was a price he was willing to pay, as Cabdarus would take his entire ship and so, with a heavy heart, he would lead his men. Towards the cliff where the chair lay heavy as the ship passed, six heads swooped down from above, each grabbing a screaming sailor as they were consumed by the beast but with a great storm on the horizon they had no time to mourn their companions. Soon they stopped on the island of Thurinatia. Thurinatia was the home of the cattle of the sun god Helios, cattle that the prophet Teresa had warned Odysseus not to consume in the underworld, but even though Odysseus had ordered his men not to touched the cattle, it would not be like that.

It was easy for them to follow his orders as the storm had kept them stranded on the island for almost a month with their food supplies almost depleted, the crew on the verge of starvation would wait for Odysseus to fall asleep killing all the livestock and roasting the meat. meat. to enjoy among themselves when Odysseus woke up the next morning, fell to his knees in despair and shook his head in disbelief and at the foolishness of his crew, however, although the crew had ignored his orders, the storm had now calmed and They went to sea once. again but his crime had not gone unnoticed with Soldios Helios complaining to Zeus, the king of the gods, about the slaughter of his cattle, a furious Zeus would hit Odysseus's ship with a great lightning bolt, breaking it in half and the entire crew would die. would drown, Baron because, as fate predicted, Poseidon's curse had been fulfilled and only Odysseus had survived the massacre with him clinging to the broken remains of his ship for nine days and nights, he would drift across the vast ocean, but on the tenth day he would reach the island of the goddess Calypso by rescuing Odysseus, Calypso's daughter, from the coast. of the titan Atlas would fall in love with him asking him if he would stay on the island with her forever even offering to make him immortal but Odysseus longing to see his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus would reject his advances insisting that he wanted to leave however Calypso was insulted by his rejection. would keep Odysseus captive on the island for the next seven years, being forced to sleep with the goddess.

Odysseus would spend every night crying on the shore wishing to see his wife and son once again, but at the top of Mount Olympus the goddess Athena, having supported Odysseus since the Trojan War, he would look at him with sadness in his heart until one day he could no longer bear to beg Zeus to finally allow Odysseus to return home. Athena would present her case to Zeus ordering Calypso to free him. Reluctantly, Calypso would agree to help Odysseus build a raft to sail home, but as he approached his homeland, Poseidon would learn of Odysseus's escape, conjuring a storm to destroy his raft, barely surviving Odysseus would manage to swim to the island of Syria, where he would stumble. the shore completely bare before falling asleep the island of syria was the home of the phaesians ruled by king alkane and queen ariti the day after odysseus's arrival his norsica daughter went down to the sea with her maidens to wash her clothes just to Finding Odysseus naked on the shore, surprised by the sight of a naked man, her maidens would flee screaming in terror, but Nausica, having courage and being urged by Athena, would stand firm, giving Odysseus some clothes, Nausica would take him back.

To their palace where he would introduce him to his parents they invited the stranger inside, the king and queen asked Odysseus to dine with them before enjoying the entertainment provided by Demidokus, the poet known for his songs inspired by the gods. As the night unfolded, the king asked Odysseus to reveal his name and history. but Odysseus, reluctant to give his name after having caused Poseidon's curse, would try to avoid the question and instead talk about the great places he had seen on his travels, after a great party, Demidocus would begin to play his beautiful melodies singing to the gods of Olympus.

But soon the poet's attention would focus on the history of Troy, he would sing about its many heroes, Achilles and Agamemnon, and about the famous Odysseus, the maker of the wooden horse and the most cunning of the Greeks, amazed by the story of the horse. of Troy about how such an intelligent man had managed to outwit the Trojans, the crowd would begin to applaud, but Odysseus, thinking only of the many friends he had lost, would grab his tunic and begin to cry, wiping the tears from his eyes, without However, the king, upon hearing Odysseus sobbing, would become suspicious, asking about the man's identity, overwhelmed by the fact that his story was being told throughout the country and fascinated by the poet's beautiful singing, would reveal that his name It was Odysseus, the famous hero of the Trojan War, but instead of returning home after the conflict, Odysseus would explain that he had been wandering the ocean for ten long years and every attempt to reach his homeland had ended in tragedy.

Amazed by the story and honored to have such a great hero among them, the king and queen would do everything they could to help him in the next In the morning, Odysseus would wake up and find a ship in the harbor loaded with gold and silver and a crew ready to help you return home and set sail. Odysseus would thank the king and queen with his eyes now firmly set on his homeland, twenty years after leaving his home. He finally set foot on Ithaca ready to see her wife and son once again, but Athena, knowing that her homeland was not as she had left it, would warn Odysseus of the dangers that awaited her palace by transforming him into an old beggar Athena made sure that Odysseus did so. entering his house in disguise for his wife Penelope, having been alone for 20 years, he was expected to remarry with suitors from all over coming to win her hand over a hundred of them, now infested Odysseus's palace, eating their food and wearing their clothes, though throughout the entire process.

Penelope had remained faithful, never losing hope that her husband would return, devising a cunning plan to prevent the marriage. Penelope had delayed her many suitors for years by knitting a funeral dress for Odysseus's father promising that she would choose a new husband when he was finished, but every night. As the garment neared completion, she would secretly undo all her work and the deception lasted three years before it was discovered and she was now forced to choose a suitor, but without Penelope Ulysses would soon be at her side heading to the palace. She would first stop at the home of her most loyal servant, Emmaus, happy to see her king once again, Emmaus would offer food and wine to Odysseus as she pledged to help him regain her home. ;

It would not be long before another would join them, as Telemachus, Odysseus's son, had just arrived home from his journey after searching for his father for many months and was heading to the palace. Telemachus saw Emmaus having dinner with a stranger and, hungry, after his long journey he asked his friend if he could join them for dinner, but Emmaus knew the beggar's situation. the true identity would seek to give the two some time together and let Penelope know that her son had returned with Emmaus, now missing. Athena would use her magic to transform the old beggar back into Odysseus in all his glory.

Telemachus could not believe his eyes and he would. begin to cry having reunited with his father after all this time falling to his knees Telemachus would embrace his father with open arms but their reunion would have to wait since for now Odysseus would have to deal with the suitors who infested his home disguising himself as a beggar. once again Odysseus would enter the palace only to discover that Penelope had organized a contest to choose her next husband. She had declared that she would marry the man who could shoot an arrow through a row of twelve ax heads with every suitor in the world.

Land had joined the competition, but there would be one condition: each suitor must use the great bow of Odysseus that had been left in the palace; It was another of Penelope's cunning tricks, as one after another, each suitor would take her turn, each unable to even string the bow. bow after all the men had failed, Odysseus still disguised as a beggar called for a try with the entire palace howling with laughter, but they soon fell silent because Odysseus would easily draw the bow by taking aim and shooting an arrow that passed through all 12 shafts. with perfect precision, but having seen the damage done to his home, Odysseus could not forgive the suitors who pointed the bow at them.

Odysseus began to shoot, taking them down one by one, in a panic, the suitors were going to grab their weapons, but it didn't matter how hard they looked. They could not be found as Telemachus had hidden his weapons while the competition with Emmaus was taking place and then, joining Telemachus and Odysseus, they would begin to attack the suitors without stopping until they had all been killed with the bodies of the suitors who Now they lay dead at their feet Odysseus had completed his final task the only thing left for him to do was reunite with his wife with his undying love for her being the only thing that had fueled her journey home recognizing her husband and overwhelmed with emotion Penelope would embrace to Odysseus at a time when he would have He spent 20 long, faithful years waiting for Odysseus to breathe a sigh of relief and finally be at peace, but his wife would have a question for him: where had he been after all this time, with a smile on his face. her face and tears in her eyes.

Answer with a simple line: Where do I start?