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The Odyssey Book Report

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The first book, in The Odyssey, starts with Muse being called to sing. The story begins after the Trojan War where all the heroes have returned home except for Odysseus. The story opens in the middle of Odysseus’s voyage home, since he is still in Troy when all the other heroes have gone home. Odysseus’s journey home is not the only journey in the Odyssey though. It starts off with Telemakhos, Odysseus’s son. Telemakhos is trying to step into the role of his father of being man of his house, since his father has not been around for years. With the help of Athena, Telemakhos starts the journey to look for his father, though she warns him not to follow in his father’s footsteps. Though he is going on a on physical journey to to learn more

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