The Odyssey XV Stations · 4,872 km · 10 Years

Troy → Ithaca

885 km home.
Ten years lost.

The trip from Troy to Ithaca should have taken two weeks. It took Odysseus ten years. He left with 600 men and 12 ships — and came home alone. Click any station to sail its chapter.

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Sources · Positions follow traditional identifications; texts and durations follow Homer's Odyssey, short stops estimated.

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