... books of the poem, Odysseus narrates the story of his travels in the years after the fall of Troy, and this narrative includes other far-flung places, such as the island of the Cyclops and the lair of Polyphemus. The main action of the poem takes place in Ithaca after a disguised Odysseus reaches there, is slowly reunited with his family, and ... , and reaches a resolution at the conclusion of the story. As its name reveals, the hero and protagonist of The Odyssey is the character Odysseus, the King of Ithaca, a small, rugged island on the western coast of Greece. Odysseus takes part in ...

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... adventures Odysseys is faced with require one trait, bravery, and Odysseys is bursting with it. Odysseys is incredibly brave when he has to make the faithful voyage off of Calypso's island with only a flimsy raft and few necessities to survive. At any moment Odysseys could be swallowed up by the fierce dark ocean, Odysseus was but a small blur upon a gigantic sea ... ...

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