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What is Odysseus afraid of when he gets back to Ithaca?

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His sailors get eaten, he gets in a storm sent in by Poseidon, he gets in a fight with Polyphemus, and gets captured by the sirens.

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Odysseus faces a number of challenges on his way home, including:

  • sailors captivated by the lotus-eaters
  • a battle with Polyphemus, a cyclops
  • a storm sent by Poseidon
  • an encounter with a witch
  • being captivated by the Sirens
  • encounters with the monsters Scylla and Charybdis
  • punishment by Zeus

His entire journey home is ridden with challenges.

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