Epilogue Of Odysseus

Unsure whether or not to go, Eurylochus decides for Odysseus to stop at Thrinacia, the Island of the Sun. While there, a tremendous storm keeps Odysseus and his men stuck on the island for a month with only the supplies from their ship. Warned from the god, Circe, Odysseus was told never to eat Helios’ cows for his men would be greatly punished. After a month of being on the Thrinacia, they run out of food and the cows make their stomach start rumbling like a volcano first erupting. As Odysseus leaves to go pray to the gods, he falls asleep leaving the men alone with the cows. Eurylochus knowing they were alone with the cows convinces the men to find and eat the biggest cow. They thought a big temple to pray in Ithaca would be enough to make

They tried to stay quiet but the Cyclopes spotted them and asked what they were doing in his cave. He really didn’t care because he snatched two of his men up, smashed their heads, torn them limb by limb, ate them. Day by day he did this and when the Cyclopes was sleeping, Odysseus told his men that they needed to find a way to get out of there and so they did. When the Cyclopes awoke, Odysseus offered him some of his wine and he tried it and begged for more so Odysseus just kept giving it to him drink by drink until he was drunk. The Cyclopes asked Odysseus what his name was and Odysseus said “Nothing.” As soon he asked that, he fell over and slept peacefully. While he was sleeping Odysseus found a large branch and asked his strongest men to put the tip in the fire and when it was burning red, they shoved the hot part of the stick into the Cyclopes’ eye. The Cyclopes let out a loud roar that woke up his neighbors. They came running and asked if someone was killing him and the Cyclopes answered “Nothing is killing me!” So his neighbors left without second thought. When the Cyclopes let his herd of sheep out Odysseus and his men clang to the bottom of the sheep and left the island safely.

In another adventure, Odysseus lands on the island of the Greek goddess Circe who turns his men into pigs. Odysseus once again devises a way to cleverly defeat her, save his men, and return to the sea. After his encounter with Circe, Odysseus must journey into the underworld where he meets with his mother and some of his comrades from the Trojan War. ( Kleiner, David. The Odyssey. West Berlin, N.J.: Townsend Press, 2005. Print.)

HW WEDNESDAY, 3/21: Read "The Lotus Eaters," 649-650; in 3-4 sentences each,  #2,3,6. [Optional Extra quiz: Cornell notes.]

As he is sailing he is greeted by a goddess, Athena, and she becomes his guardian. He then sails to an island and is trapped by the goddess Calypso for seven years until Hermes comes to the island and tells her to let him go. He ends up going to another island and is trapped in a Cyclop’s cave. He pokes the Cyclop’s eye out and escapes the island. He ends up sailing away with his men and ends up on the island of Circe, a powerful witch, she turns all of his men into animals. Odysseus is given a flower so that he cannot be turned into an animal. He is told that he must go to the land of the dead and offer many things. He does what he is told then he is left to set sail again. They get back into the open sea and are attacked by Sirens, and murdered by the Scylla and Charybdis. He finally makes it home to Ithaca and he sees his son, his son helps him get into the castle. They suitors for Penelope are given a task to shoot an arrow through 12 ax holes. He then reveals himself as Odysseus and eliminates all of the suitors. He then goes to Penelope and reveals himself to her.As we go through life we are determined and always want to go back home to people we love. No matter how long it takes you, you will always want to go back to your loved

On that level the lotus eaters were trying to rob the men of their memories. What do you have left without memories? Are you still a human being without your memories? Memories are what shapes a person and without them you're just a shell, a shadow of what you were. Odysseus responds to these tests as he knows best, with brute force, dragging his men back to the ship and lashing them down. They immediately depart the island so no others can be tempted by the lotus eaters. If by some chance fate he had gone first and tried the lotus flower, our hero's voyage would have been over before it started and he would have not even put up a fight. However, he does learn to be more wary of the people he encounters along his journey.

Odysseus must go through many sufferings to make it home to his Penelope. He is stuck in a Cyclopes's cave, he is surrounded by Scylla and Charybdis, and he has to go through hell. He does all this because he hasn't seen his beloved wife, Penelope, in over ten years.

Another female monster the Odysseus must face is the lotus-eaters. The women live on an island, and when men

The narrator speaks to the reader,“Odysseus does not tell his men of Circe’s last prophecy--that he will be the only survivor of their long journey” (The Sirens; Scylla; and Charybdis. 715). This is another demonstration of dreadful leadership due to the fact that Odysseus knows that all of his men will die on their journey, but he does not share this information nor does he try to protect his men; causing the result of his men dying. After leaving Aeolia for a second time, Odysseus and his men are attacked by gigantic cannibals and escape to the home of the enchantress and goddess Circe. Circe gets all of Odysseus’s men drunk and proceeds to cast her magic on the men, “ So, squealing, in they went. And Circe tossed them acorns, mast, and cornel berries--fodder for hogs who rut and slumber on the earth” (The Enchantress

As the pain shot threw his eye, he trembled all over his stuff in the cave. Not able to see was the hardest thing ever, he thought to himself. His anger raged on over Odysseus. He couldn't wait to get his hands on him and make him suffer just like he is suffering right now. He dum just like a donkey. a donkey's life is just plane, where

"Hear me, dear friends. The Olympian has given me sorrows beyond all others who were born and brought up together with me” (IV.722-723.). Penelope establishes herself early proving herself at a loss for the events brought upon her. Her struggle becomes insignificant compared to Odysseus’ life being on the line for the majority of his journey home. After escaping the Scylla and Charybdis, Odysseus’ travels bring him to the Phaecian palace, where he seeks a voyage back to Ithaca.

Listen, I have been fooled by many mortals that snuck into my cave at night. Their ship landed on my island and have wandered into my dwelling. They took advantage of me and have done terrible things to me. Will you do me a favor, and punish them severely. I came back to my cave from a day of hard work and I shut the door and spotted them in my reach. I was furious, and out of rage ate some of his men. Who is he you ask?, Odysseus, the king of Ithaca and his men who are on their return home from the Trojan War. Do you know who he is? First, he told me his name was “Nobody”, and I fell for it, what stupidity of me father. He gave me this drink called wine in which I passed out from. Later, I just awoken from immense pain, Odysseus and his

The Lotus plant works similarly to how a narcotic would. Soon enough the Lotus Eaters become addicted, and their lives becomes nothing else besides drugs and constantly falling into a deep sleep. The lack of dreams or aspirations in their lives has caused them to be stuck on the island and they can not return back home. At a loss of their previous goal of coming back to their hometown,the Lotus Eaters have no true purpose. The contrast between Odysseus and the Lotus Eaters on the Calypso’s Islands section further prove that without any ambition, life

It is evident at this point that Odysseus’ cunning mind is already at work. Polyphenus soon falls to sleep and Odysseus’ men “seize the olive pole, they drove its sharpened end into the Cyclops’ eye, while I used my weight from above to twist it home”...(9;381;382). Polyphenus cries out in pain, and when his neighbors come to his aid and ask who stabed his eye he replies and says “nobody”. Odysseus knows that the boulder is too heavy to move even with the blinded Polpyhenus. So cunning Odysseus creates a plan for him and his men to ride on the bellies of the sheep when Polyphenus lets them out to feed. Polyphenus then runs his hand down the backs of the sheep, but doesn’t bother to check there bellies.

My neighbors were coming to check on me, but they left right as I said “Nobdy is killing me”. The next morning as usual I left my sheep outside and carefully seeing if Nobdy and his mens were coming out too, I couldn’t see anything. I was shocked when I heard a voice outside, Nobdy and his men has escape my cave! Once I got out of the cave I heard him say “My name is Odysseus from the Island of Ithaca, if anyone comes to your island, tell them I Odysseus blinded you,”. I was so angry that I tried to throw a huge boulder at the voice, I almost wrecked his ship. He got away, so I prayed to father to curse Odysseus and make his trip back home dangerous and kill all of his men. I was so frustrated that I was tricked by a human, he gave me a wine to get me drunk, then he would blind me by stabbing my eye, then lastly they would hide under my sheeps and escape. I should have eaten him when he first gotten into my cave, they even took all my food. I should have notice that I was being tricked because I told everyone that “Nobody” had tricked me, the other cyclops must have been annoyed by me. Next time I see Odysseus I will get my revenge on