Today, we have set sail! We will be traveling back to Troy so Odysseus can show us what the Trojan war was like and where the major events took place. It is a wonderful day to be on the water. The Mediterranean is such a clear blue! We can see the olive trees growing on the coast. They are a major staple of Greek food. My favorite meal is gyro with dolmades, or grape leaves stuffed with rice and sauce. Of course for dessert, baklava is definitely a favorite here.
Odysseus has told us about what live was like after escaping the Cyclops. He told us about how his curios men failed to listen when he told them not to open the bag that was given to him by Aeolus. Instead they open it and let out all the "bad" winds that could throw their ship off course and that is how they landed on the island of Aeaea, home of the goddess Circe, who turned his men into pigs. Odysseus could only save them if he ate the moly given to him by Hermes which would help him resist Circe's drugs. He then told us about after his men had been saved, there were no worries and they elected to stay on Circe's island. Finally, a year later, One of Odysseus's men decided to persuade him that it would be a good idea to go home. Circe tells them that the only way that they could make it back to Ithaca would be if they took a detour to the underworld...
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