Losses of Odysseus During His Trip In Homer's epic The Odyssey, Odysseus lost his best men and friends while he was coming back from Troy. He lost them because the king of the seas; Poseidon hated him. When Odysseus started sailing for Troy he had 12 ships full of men, some which are his best friends under his command after 27 years he will get back to his homeland Ithaca as a lonely man. He went to …showed first 75 words of 1119 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1119 total…my hand from killing until every man of you shall have paid in full for his outrageous violence. Now the choice lies before you, fight or flight, if you wish to your lives; but I do not think any one of you will escape sudden death"(p244). He returned back to Ithaca after twenty-seven years of suffering and after facing thousands of troubles he reigned his homeland Ithaca as a king once again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**