Friday, March 27, 2009

Book Nine: New Coasts and Poseidon`s Son


When they reach the island of the Cyclopes they wander into Polythemus` cave. They`re keep there for seven years. While there Polythemus eats six of Odysseus` men. Odyessus tells Polythemus that his name is Nohdby. He gets Polythemus drunk and then stabs him in the eye. Odysseus and his men strap themselves to the bottom of the sheeps and when Polythemus lets out the sheep to eat Odysseus and his men get away. Odysseus gets cocky and says "...tell him Odysseus,raider of cities,took your eye: Laertes` son, whose home`s on Ithaca!" He gives away where he lives and his real name.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Book One: A goddess Intervenes


Odyessus and his wife have a child and his name is Telemachus. Right after Telemachus is born Odyessus has to go off to war at Troy.He goes to war and it lasts ten years. His army wins the war by bulding a Trojan horse and him and his men coming out of it when the Troy army is sleeping. Then Calypso kept Odysseus in her cave for a long time. After that Odysseus` crew lands at an island near Ismarus in the city of the Cicones. The Cicones killed 72 of Odysseus` men. Then they came to the island of the Lotus Eaters. Lotus is a honey plant that makes them lose hope of reaching home again. Odyessus has to tie his men to their ship to continue their journey.