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How does Odysseus react when he first wakes up on Ithaca?

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when odysseus first wakes up in ithaca, he thinks that the phaecians fooled him, placed him on the wrong island, and stole some of his treasure. he curses them because of this. odysseus believed he was placed on the wrong island because athena made ithaca look different so he wouldn't recognize it.



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Answer:

He curses the Phaecians because he does not recognize he is on Ithaca´s beach.

Step-by-step explanation:

Odysseus is taken to Ithaca by the Phaecians under the orders of King Alcinous while asleep. When they arrived he stills asleep and they left him in the sand, but when Odysseus awakes the Phaecians had already gone. Because of Athena´s attempt to protect him casting a mist over him, he doesn´t recognize his homeland and curses them.

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