Reuniting

As night turned to day, my fair Penelope was awoken by the news of the massacre of what happened over the night. She rushed downstairs to check up on the news, and instead found me, her long lost husband. It was an enthralling feeling, yet for Penelope she couldn't quite believe her eyes. She then comments on moving her bed and I state that the bed cannot be moved for I bult it around the base of a tree. This is when my wife knew that the man before her was truely Odysseus.

After I told her of my travels and of my voyage home I went to go see my father Laeartes. When I came to his farm I noticed that he had grown old and sorrowful at the loss of me and my mother. He became very sad and began to weep at the burden. I couldn't bare it any longer and I revealed myself to my father and we embraced with joy. We begin to feast with each other and converse like two old friends. I am finally home.

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Battle for Vengeance

After I met with Eumeaus in his hut, and he told me of the days of when I was the king and all was just and wonderful in Ithaca, yet he still didn't know that I was Odysseus. He told me of the troubles the suitors brought and how he hated them so. Several days went by and finally I met with Telemachus and then eventually my wife Penelope. I revealed myself to my son and he helped me find a way to bring down the suitors and restor the honor of my palace.

Telemachus and I stored all of the arms in several rooms and I had the ever faithful servants Eumeaus and Philoitius lock up the palace and keep the women in their quarters. Penelope held a contest to string my old bow and fire an arrow through twelve axes. It was here where Telemachus and I would strike. Athena had got into my mind and filled me with rage as a way to make my fighting more fierce.

When the fight began I swore to leave none alive. The slaughter was fierce and the suitors had no choice against me and my son. Eumeaus aand Philoitius prevented the suitors from recieving arms to fight with. There were two suitors I decided to leave unharmed. Phenius who is a minstrel and Medon the herald. I spared their lives for they had none of the wickedness and terror produced by the suitors. I forced all of the women servants, who were faithful to the suitors, to clean the palace of the bloodshed and after that task was done they were led outside and executed. I had my revenge after all.

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Home At Last

As I finished telling my great tale to King Alcinous of Phaeceia, he was kind enough to present us with a furnished ship with plentiful provisions and supplies for the journey back to Ithaca. The great king sacaraficed a bull to the almighty Zeus and we feasted on its flesh as we prayed for a swift and safe journey back to our homeland. The voyage to Ithaca was taken in my sleep. The ever so greatful Phaeceians put me to shore with great gifts and offerings and left me in peace to awake in the place I hadn't seen for twenty years.

When I first rose from my sleep I did not recognize the land and I thought I had been victim of betreyal from King Alcinous. It wasn't until Athena presented herself to me and shed light on the truth that I had actually made it back home to my people and my queen. Athena joined me while I walked back to my my palace. I first stopped at my old servant's hut, Eumeaus.

The Songs of Sirens

As we sail closer to the rocky island it seems as if the weather became more and more enthralling. the sun gleaming on the flat sea and a refreshing breeze pushing the beads of sweat down my neck. My body and mind fell into a world of paradise, yet there was one thing, one empty space. Then all of a sudden I heard it. The empty space filled instantly and I was in an ecstasy that was an overwhelming feeling of excellence running through my body and mind.

Far off I could see the most stunning women any mortal has layed their eyes on. THeir fair looks only made the music more irresistable. The high chords of their words made my back tingle, Each chorus seemed to drown out all fear and hopelessness from the world. I could think of nothing except the music in my ears and the urge ot get closer, as if it may allow me to soak up more of the sublime melodies.

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Travels to Hades, And Dead Friends

After being sent to Hades to seek the true way of how to get back to Ithaca, the crew and myself sailed to the river Styx and followed it to the underworld. There was nothing pleasant about this desolate place. It was a toiling land writhered in fire, ash, and rock. I thought finding the way home would be hard enough, but being confronted by those who have long since been dead was the hardest.

I met my old friend Achilles, who had been struck down at Troy. I then encountered an old crewmate who had been killed at one of our many deadly pit stops. He pleaded for me to return and give his body a proper burial that a man deserves. The haredest soul in Hades to encounter was that of my own mother. I had still thought her to be back in Ithaca helping raise my son. Realizing that she had long since passed was an unbearable tradgedy to hold.

My Adventureous Tale With Polyphemus

I told my dear Phaeacians of my travels and adventures I've had on my journey home. I began my tale from the fall of Troy and how I helped destroy the city and bring down its mighty walls. The main story I told was our encounter with the mighty cyclops Polyphemus, and our great escape. Though we lost several men in the most brutal of ways; it is a story worthy of recognition.

We came to his land and went into his cave seeking hospitality, but instead we found that he was filled with malcontent and hunger for humans. He locked us into his cave with a massive stone. We sharpened an olive tree and drove it into his eye when he was sleeping. Blinded, we told him his sheep were escaping, so he opened the cave as we strapped ourself to the sheep's stomach and made it out undetected. As we began to sail away, I yelled out to Polyphemus, and told him my name, for I wanted him to remember who had defeated him forever.

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I Woke Up, And There Were Naked People

As I arose from a deep slumper this morning, I saw that I was laying in a vast field of tall grass. I also realized that my body had somehow lost off of its clothes and I stood there, with the breeze chilling me to the bone. I heard, a ways off, a creek with the water running. And then a very peculiar sound came to my ears. I heard the voice of a woman; several actually. I moved towards the sound and realized that they were all bathing and oiling themselves in the creek. Embarassed, I looked away, and that is when Nausicaa noticed me.
Nausicaa was the daughter of the ruler of these lands, and she insisted upon helping me reach his great palace. She had her maids bathe and cloth me, and afterwords she let me to the edge of town and told me how I could reach the palace without being noticed, for the people didn't trust strangers. When I reached the palace, it was laden in gold, silver, bronze, had elegant orchards filled with fruit and vegetables.
The great king himself gave a feast in my honor and held a council of all his men to see how they might be of aid to me. He decided to give me a ship and provisions for my journey ahead.