... books of the Odyssey that I have read related to this title. I will comment on what obstacles hurt Odysseus most and whether they are emotional or physical obstacles. Firstly on his way home from Troy, Odysseus goes to the land of the Cicones. Here, he and his men sack the town and divide the women and plunder they took between them. Odysseus then told his men they needed to leave the island, but they didn't want to. They wanted to stay and celebrate the sacking of the town and the victory over Troy. The next morning the Cicones gathered a force and attacked the unaware Greeks. In this situation the Cicones were not really a very big obstacle to Odysseus as he managed to sack the town and could have left with out any losses. But it was Odysseus' men that were the biggest obstacle and caused some of the ...

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