Polyphemus The Cyclops

Odysseus, through the tremendous physical journey that he has embarked on, goes on many mental journeys that greatly develop him as a character: he starts out hotheaded and single-minded, yet grows to be a lot more rational by the end of the book, which ultimately saves his own life and the lives of many others. For example, because of the inadvertent trip he and his crew take to the island of the Cyclops, and their subsequent escape from the Cyclops Polyphemus (which causes the ire of Poseidon, Polyphemus’ father, to be incited), Odysseus learns to not invite the wrath of the gods. He also learns, after taunting Polyphemus multiple times and consequently, almost getting everyone killed because of it, to not act in such a rash manner and to

Poseidon hated Odysseus because he showed too much pride into himself and sadly Polyphemus was Poseidon's son. To begin, the way he showed how he was heroic was when Polyphemus was asleep, he made up a plan to get them out of Polyphemus's home because they were trapped. Third, Odysseus showed his heroic acts by blinding Polyphemus because he would open the door and shout for help and during that time Odysseus and his men made a swift escape from beneath him. Finally, Odysseus put his life endangered knowing that he will be blinding a god's

Feeling confident, him and his men stop in Ismara and engage in battle with the Ciconians fell asleep and lost many men. They made a stop at the land of the Cyclopes. He leads his crew into a cyclops' cave not knowing who the home belonged to and waited for the owners to return. When the owner of the cave does return the he's very angry with the Odysseus and his crew for eating his food. They are trapped there for a couple days and come up with a plan to escape. they plunged a wooden stake into the eye of the Cyclopes and manage to escape. The Cyclops Polyphemus then calls for the help of his father Poseidon, god of the sea to avenge

Polyphemus, the cyclops who was responsible for the capture of Odysseus and his crew, was nothing more than a giant. Not less than 15 feet tall, one would think the cyclops would have the ability to see much more and much further than any human could. Yet his one eye hindered this, despite its size being larger than that of two human eyes combined. Accompanying his height, an array of muscles made themselves known as a key component of his bodily structure. Every time Polyphemus lifted the multi ton boulder that blocked his door, his muscles flexed just a tad, but the pronunciation of said muscles was enough to make any man think twice about fighting him. Besides these modifications, the cyclops had the same general appearance of any human

In The Odyssey, written by Homer, Polyphemus is a crucial character in the story, especially in book 12. Polyphemus was a cyclops with one orb-shaped eye in the middle of his head. The respected cyclops lives on the island of Thrinacia and he’s also the son of Poseidon. Polyphemus is shown as a man-eating monster, a turbulent giant, who is always thirsty for human blood. His monstrous traits are shown when he finds Odysseus and his crew in his cave, Polyphemus “lurching up, he lunged out with his hands toward my men and snatching two at once, rapping them on the ground he knocked them dead like pups— their brains gushed out all over, soaked the floor— and ripping them limb from limb to fix his meal he bolted them down like a mountain-lion, left no scrap, devoured entrails, flesh and bones, marrow and all” (Homer 220).

Book 9 of Homer’s Odyssey tells the tale of Odysseus’ encounter with a cyclops named Polyphemus. In this book, readers are able to perceive the Greek views on civilization, and their relationship with the Gods.

“Cyclops- if any man on the face of the Earth should ask you who blinded you, shamed you so- say Odysseus, raider of cities, he gouged out your eye, Laertes’ son who makes his home in Ithaca!” (Homer, 227). This act puts him and his crew in danger because the Cyclops is the son of the god Poseidon. Polyphemus then offers a prayer to his father to take revenge on Odysseus. “Hear me, Poseidon who circle the earth, dark-haired. If truly I am your son, and you acknowledge

Odysseus’s escape from the Cyclops is one of great intelligence. A Cyclops is a giant one eyed monster. Homer said, “The booming voice and the very sight of the monster filled us with panic” (IX, 256). From the first moment Odysseus and his men set eyes on the Cyclops they know they are in trouble and will not be able to get out easily. The Cyclops, Polyphemus, eats two of Odysseus’ men from the start. As soon as this happens, Odysseus

Polyphemus, son of Poseidon, had a lot of pride for his kind and in himself. “The Cyclopes care nothing about Zeus, who bears the aegis, or the blessed gods. We are much more powerful than them” (Homer 45). He believed the cyclopes were invincible just because they are large and very strong. Polyphemus thought he was undefeatable by man and even believed he could defeat a god.

“The Cyclops” an epic of The Odyssey. To the Greeks, evil is something that takes away from their purpose. The eight Greek evil thoughts contain, greed, pride, indulgence of sadness, holding anger, boasting and wallowing in depression. “The Cyclops” is an epic that includes the antagonist, the Cyclops, and the protagonist, Odysseus. Odysseus looks for trouble, when he encounters the Cyclops, Polyphemus, and walks into the Polyphemus’ cave, with his men in tow. Some of the men died, but their last day in the cave, Odysseus and four other men stabbed the Polyphemus in the eye and waited to the next day to get out of the cave. Odysseus demonstrates two Greek evil thoughts, Kenodoxia(boasing) and Philargyria(greed). Kenodoxia (Boasting), talking

A key event that delays Odysseus immensely on his journey home is Poseidon’s revenge. While sailing home, Odysseus and his men come to encounter Polyphemus, Poseidon’s Cyclops son. Odysseus and his men try to steal food from Polyphemus while he is away tending to his flock (Homer 362). When Polyphemus returns to his cave, he finds Odysseus and his men, and traps them in his cave. While trapped in the cave, Polyphemus eats many of Odysseus’

Odysseus struggles a fair amount with self-control during his journey. During his trip, Odysseus encounters Polyphemus, Poseidon’s son who is a cyclops. Odysseus and his crew went into Polyphemus’ cave and then the Cyclops trapped them all. He was not a very hospitable creature. When Polyphemus first met Odysseus and his crew, he ate two of the men. The others were stuck in his cave that had a giant slab as a door and only the Cyclops could move it. The remaining men then gave him

Polyphemus also happens to be Poseidon’s son. It would upset Poseidon enough that Odysseus blinded his son. Odysseus made it worse by gloating afterward, and humiliating Polyphemus, making him angrier and more upset. “Come back Odysseus and I’ll treat you well, praying the god of earthquake to befriend you- his son I am, for he by his avowal fathered me, and, if he will he may heal me of this black wound- he and no other of all the happy gods or mortal men.” Polyphemus is saying that if Odysseus comes back, he will tell his father to befriend him. But Odysseus does not do that, he only makes Polyphemus angrier, ensuring Poseidon’s hate for him. His ego only hurts him because he cannot set it aside and do something that will hurt his ego but ultimately save himself and his men. Poseidon does end up delivering revenge as Polyphemus said, simply because Odysseus had to boast.

            Odysseus is no god.  He is man, and with that comes the mistakes and errors in all of us.  In many situations Odysseus' mortal side is seen.  An example of the power of Odysseus coinciding with his human flaws is his battle with Polyphemous the Cyclops (son of Poseidon).  After escaping the lure of the lotus-eaters and their island, Odysseus and his men find themselves on another island, rich with food and shelter.  After feasting, the men grab a large container of potent wine and go off exploring the new island.  Later in their search they stumble across a large cave filled with food.  Curious where the owner's whereabouts are the men encourage Odysseus to steal the food.  Odysseus (showing his hospitable and genuine character) decides to instead wait for the

Odysseus thinks that his reasoning are final and his activities are constantly just and right, although he frequently allows his ego control his rational thinking, resulting harm to his group and messing with the gods’s plans. His men could have went back home Securely for it is the desire of Athena and the other heavenly gods who surround to her in Mount Olympus, however Odysseus takes it to himself to outrage and blind Polyphemus, the monstrous son of Poseidon, adored by his dad yet abhorred by the people, In this way distrusting their whole arrangement . Subsequent to being blinded by the heroine, Polyphemus tosses huge pieces of rocks at Odysseus's ship, nearly obliterating them at the same time. But instead of retreating for safety, Odysseus keeps on provoking Polyphemus and “[calls] out to the cyclopes again, with [his] men hanging all over [him] begging him not to”(Book 9, 491-492). His feeling of pride and presumption influences to disregard the requests of his people even in these critical circumstances . He will fulfill his own feeling of interest and pleasure without thinking of the result it would have on his crew. Despite the fact that he is bound to get away from all passings and assaults, his group isn’t so blessed. Their lives are in mortal peril since Odysseus considers them as child sheeps who should forfeit their lives for him when the circumstances comes, much the same as how mortals make conciliatory offerings of sheeps for the heavenly gods. He is willing to fulfill his own feeling of interest without thinking of his groups lives or their suppositions and is regularly infuriated when they negate his request. If they hurt his sense of pride and self-importance and pomposity , Odysseus will be overcome with outrage and