Reading Notes: Homer's the Odyssey part A

Reading Notes Week 3: Homer’s The Odyssey Reading A (Source)

 

Land of the Cyclops:

·      Arrive at the land of the Cyclops

·      Describe Cyclops way of life. No boats. Never worked to farm or grow crops even though island is ripe for it.

·      Describe the Cyclops island

·      One ship decides to go meet the cyclops and see if they are nice to strangers and fear the gods

Prisoners of the Cyclops:

·      He chooses 12 men to go with him.

·      He tells the story of getting the sweet wine and what they did that night they got it

·      They went to the giant’s cave but he was gone grazing in the fields

·      The giant came back and they gave him an offering

·      He asks them what they are doing

·      The giant killed two of his men and ate them

The Cyclops defeated

·      They blinded him and tricked him so no one would help him

Escape from the Cyclops

·      They escaped by sneaking out under the sheep

·      Odysseus then yelled back and taunted the giant and told him his real name

Polyphemus’ Curse

·      The cyclops prays a prayer to Poseidon that Odysseus will never reach home

·      They got to Circe’s island and had a feast but are kind’ve lost

Circe’s Magic

·      They all see a goddess (Circe) singing

·       She turned them into pigs

·      One man didn’t go so he went back to get help

·      Odysseus goes to save them and Hermes stops him on the way to give him advice

The Moly Defeats Circe

·      Odysseus withstands her spell and go to bed together and free his men

On Circe’s Island

·      They stayed on her island for a year

·      She tells them they must sail to Hades

The death of Elpenor

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Odysseus (Source)