![]() ![]() Odysseus wants to kill Polyphemus then and there but knows that only Polyphemus is strong enough to move the rock that the giant has placed across the door of the cave. He captures the rest of the crew for future meals. Polyphemus at first shows hospitality but soon turns hostile and devours two of Odysseus’ men. ![]() Soon the cave’s inhabitant, Cyclops Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon, returns. Odysseus' men want him to snatch some food and get back to the ship quickly but Odysseus lingers on. Here, they see a cave full of sheep and crates of milk and cheese. They eat the meat of wild goats and cross over to the mainland. Odysseus drags his men back and locks them up in the ship before escaping from the island.Īfter sailing through the night, they reach Cyclopes where they meet a rough and uncivilized race of one-eyed giants. Intoxicated, they wish to stay there forever, eating more fruit. ![]() The natives give some of Odysseus’ men the intoxicating fruit of lotus which makes them forgetful. A storm sent by Zeus sweeps them along for nine days before they reach the land of Lotus-eaters. Odysseus suffers heavy losses, six men per ship. There, they plunder land greedily and prolong their stay till reinforcements arrive and evict them. Odysseus and his men are swept off by winds from Troy to Ismarus, the city of the Cicones. Odysseus reluctantly narrates to the Phaeacians the sordid tale of his wanderings. ![]()
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