![]() ![]() The story of Odysseus is full of twists and turns. Now, equipped with naught but his cunning, Odysseus would once more rise to the occasion. These circumstances became yet another trial the hero had to overcome. In his time away during the war, over a hundred youths began lusting after Odysseus’ wife, his lands and title, and plotting to kill his beloved son. And his home, the longing of which had propelled him forward thus far, had become a different type of battlefield. In the end, only Odysseus – one out of 600 comrades – returned home. The passage was not easy, being fraught with monstrosities and gods riled by the war’s aftermath. ![]() In the beginning, Odysseus and his men left the shores of Troy with 12 ships. However, his homeland – a humble island on the Ionian Sea – would evade him for another decade. He miraculously survived the 10-year Trojan War and was the last of the veterans to return. A Greek war hero, father, and king: Odysseus was all of this and then some. ![]()
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