A Hero Gone for 20 Years
In The Odyssey, Odysseus fights in the Trojan War for 10 years and then needs 10 more just to get home to Ithaca. By the time he returns, almost everyone thinks he is dead.The Odyssey: Why Odysseus's Return Took 20 Years
The Journey Keeps Punishing Him
On the way home, he faces the lotus-eaters, the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis, and the wrath of Poseidon. Every one of his crewmates dies before the journey ends.The Odyssey: Why Odysseus's Return Took 20 Years
