Rain Hell On Odysseus

When Odysseus becomes trapped in the Cyclops, Polyphemus’s, cave, he realizes that now is the time to use his strategy rather than strength. It all starts with his ‘libations’ to the Cyclops. Odysseus consistently gives Polyphemus wine “to top off the banquet of human flesh [he has] bolted down!” which is the crew members that Cyclops has eaten ( 9. 222). The most crucial part of Odysseus’s plan is when he tells Polyphemus his name is “Nobody- so my mother and father call me” (9. 223). This particular name that he tells Cyclops helps him escape the other cyclops on the island. Once they stab Polyphemus’s eye with a burning hot stick, the other cyclops wake up to ask him if anyone else is in there with him. Polyphemus, thinking that Odysseus’s name is actually ‘Nobody’, tells them that ‘Nobody’ is in there with him, While escaping death from the cyclops, Odysseus also blinds the cyclops, and saves the rest of his crew. Odysseus chose to use his strategy in place of trying to use his strength which would not have helped him escape. In this situation, strength is no use, seeing as the cyclops is ten times as strong as him.

Athene asks her father, Zeus, king of the gods, to force Kalpyso to release him. Odysseus leaves the island on a makeshift raft. Poseidon creates a storm, causing Odysseus to wash ashore in the land of Phaiakians. Athene the makes the princess of the Phaiakians, Nausikaa to develop feelings for Odysseus. She takes him home to meet her parents, the King and Queen of Phaiakia, and Odysseus ends up

Once they passed they passed the cliffs they came to Helios island.Odysseus told his men he knew they were tried but they had to keep going.Eurlochos stood up demanding they stop and rest also to eat.Odysseus said okay but he made his men promise not to touch Helios’s cattle and sheep.After one month the men ran out of food and they were starving.His men decided to kill some of Helios’s cattle.When Helios found out he was furios and prayed to Zeus asking him to kill them Zeus said he would strike a lighnighing bolt down on Odysseus ship.So Zeus had done it.Odysseus’s men were all dead he no longer had a boat and he was now the only surviver.Odysseus made a raft and went into Charybdis’s base she took in water and spat it out.Odysseus held on to a tree while the raft went in.Odysseus had prayed to the gods until they brought him to Calypso island.In this ponit of the story stops because Alkinoos had already known of his time with the

Next Odysseus and his men go to the home of Aeolus, ruler of the winds. Aeolus gives Odysseus a bag containing all of the bad winds and stirs up a wind to send Odysseus and his men back to Ithaca. However, Odysseus' men thought that Aeolus had given Odysseus a bag of treasure and thought he wasn't going to share the treasure with them. When Odysseus falls asleep his men open the bag and the winds blow them away from Ithaca back to Aeolus. This time Aeolus will not help them because he believes the gods hate Odysseus. Now Odysseus and his men have to row to the land of the Laestrygonians, a race of powerful giants, who turn Odysseus' scouts into their dinner. Odysseus and his remaining men retreat to the ships, but the giants pelt the ships with boulders and sink them as they sit in the harbor. Only Odysseus' ship escapes.

hits him with a powerful storm. With Odysseus nearing death, Athena takes him to the Island of

This shows the pride that welled up inside of Odysseus that made him shout across the sea before they could escape unscathed. This rash incident made Polyphemus, the Cyclops, enraged all the more, and he threw a mountain top at the sea making the water filled with waves. After the squall, and to make things worse, Polyphemus

In beginning of the story, Odysseus doesn’t trust his men and thought what he was doing was right. When they landed on the island of Aiolia, which was ruled by the god of the winds, Aiolos. After staying there for month when they were about to leave Aiolos gives them a “bag of winds”, which Odysseus keep and doesn’t give his men to take a look at so they start sailing back. As they are sailing back Odysseus falls sleep and as they get close to Ithake, his men became curious and “opened

In Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, the Greek poet uses the language devices of imagery, diction, and epic similes, to encompass Odysseus’ role as an audacious leader who also strives to maintain his crew’s best interest at heart.

Odysseus with his boat anchored on an island not far away took twelve of his best men and a goatskin of wine to go see this Cyclops. When they reached the cave that the Cyclops called home they entered and noticed that the Cyclops had gone out to take care of

There is yet one more difference between Odysseus and the other two heroes which may help to find the reason why his tale does not end

Odysseus’ good fortune angered Poseidon so he sent down waves to drown Odysseus. Poseidon, “the god of earthquake heaved a wave against him / high as a rooftree and of awful gloom” (Lines 365-366 Book V). These waves splintered Odysseus’ ship and just as he was about to drown, the nereid Ino saw him, gave Odysseus his cloak which made it impossible for him to drown and told him to swim to swim to Skheria. Odysseus swam for two nights and two days before he was thrown against rocks on the shore. Athena came down and saved him from dying on the rocky coastline. Odysseus was pulled back out to sea and after searching the shoreline he found a mouth to a calm river. He was pulled into the river and ended up on a bed of leaves on shore. This series of events shows Odysseus’ strength, physically and mentally, and shows how Odysseus’ quest tested him in many

In this paragraph you will learn what happened to Odysseus. The Gods casted him to the islands of Ogygia and a Calypso keep him there for 8 years. His wife Penelope was forced to find someone else to marry. Wooers from all around the world came to her castle and stayed there in till she picked one of them to marry. She keep stalling for 3 years. On the 4 year she got caught, So she made this impossible task and who ever passed it would marry her. But Odysseus finally escaped and came back and fought for her and killed anyone who betrayed and dishonor him.

The story goes something like this Kore the young Persephone was kidnapped by her uncle Hades on the word of his brother Zeus which gave him the permission to, anyway took her down to the underworld raped her and made her his bride.

Although Odysseus places his men in a perilous position, he proves he is an effective leader by using his intelligence which results in the crew’s escape. Odysseus’ crew members suggests that they just take some of Polyphemus’ food and leave. However, Odysseus refuses the idea and decides to wait for the cyclops to return back to his cave and offer the crew gifts of hospitality. Odysseus states, “Ah, how sound that was! Yet I refused. I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer” (lines 74-76). Odysseus’ plan to patiently wait for the cyclops to return leads to their treacherous position. Odysseus states, “He left his rams and he-goats in the yard outside, and swung high overhead a slab of solid rock to close the cave. Two dozen four-wheeled

When Zeus and Hades retuned almost everyone had forgotten about Perculus, Diminutive and Gargantuan. But little did Zeus know Perculus had become good friends with Aphrodite (Goddess of love and beauty), and Aphrodite was wondering where he was. When she went to ask Hades where Perculus went, he panicked and made up a ridiculous lie. Then she knew something was going on. She then decided to search Hades lair. There she found Perculus, Diminutive and Gargantuan tied to a ship being prepared to be exiled. She then untied them and she then had them explain what was going on. Form there she obviously sided with the three gods. Diminutive and Gargantuan ran away to an unknown place but Aphrodite and Perculus got revenge by taking away most of Zeus education and diminishing the love life for Hades, both acts preformed by the gods.