Summary for the wanderings of ulysses

Ulysses' journey home back from Troy takes ten years, and he faces many dangers on the way. He is rescued partly by the help of goddess Athena, but largely by his own confinement. For example, when he is captured by the Cyclops Polyphemus, he tells him that his name is "Nobody". He then succeeds in blinding Polyphemus; and when he calls for help the other Cyclops come to see what is happening, when they ask Polyphemus who is worried, he answers "Nobody". Polyphemus is the son of the sea god Poseidon, who becomes the enemy of Ulysses.

He spends seven years as a prisoner of the nymph Calypso, until Athena persuades her to release him. By the time he arrives home to Ithaca, he has been away for twenty years in total, and his house is full of men who wish to marry his wife, Penelope, believing she is now a widow. Ulysses kills them all and retakes his kingdom.

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