Mount Olympus. Why was Athena angry at Odysseus? The epic begins when Athena stops being angry at Odysseus for the violation of her shrine during sack of Troy. But the "sin" which angers Athena gives Odysseus signals responsibility for violating the honor of the gods at Troy by the hubris of the Acheans when they sack the city.
How did Poseidon stop Odysseus from getting home? During Odysseus' journey home, he is said to have blinded Polyphemus, the Cyclos monster who just happened to be Poseidon's son.
He prevented Odysseus and his men from leaving the cave by blocking the entrance. Then, he informed them that since they ate his food, he'd slowly eat them. Does Poseidon want Odysseus to understand? He was trying to teach him learn to be patient and control oneself not to go easily with emotions.
To evaluate things first. How does Odysseus die? Having come to Ithaca, he drove away some of the cattle, and when Odysseus defended them, Telegonus 3 wounded him with the spear he had in his hands, which was barbed with the spine of a stingray, and Odysseus died of the wound. But others say that Odysseus died of Old Age, as Tiresias predicted. Who did Polyphemus fall in love with? When the Greek hero Odysseus was cast ashore on the coast of Sicily, he fell into the hands of Polyphemus, who shut him up with 12 of his companions in his cave and blocked the entrance with an enormous rock.
What three things did Polyphemus pray? After Odysseus and his men trick and then blind the Cyclops Polyphemus, he prays to his father, Poseidon, the god of the sea and earthquakes, and asks him to put a curse on Odysseus and his men. Why did the gods curse Odysseus? The ancient Greeks believed that Zeus protected all travelers, and so to honor them was to honor him; likewise, to harm travelers was to dishonor him.
He thought, and this is not a Cyclopean thought only, that it must be some kind of misunderstanding behind this unhappy circumstance, and so he came to the conclusion known as "she-does-not-know-me-well-enough".
For if she did, he reasoned, she could not help but love him and feel regret for having tried to avoid him. And besides his love he counted many things to offer her, such as: a whole mountain-side that he owned, several caves, apple trees, grapes, chestnuts, strawberry fields, countless flocks, and many other things that a poet does not need to imagine, for they are everywhere for all to see and for a few to own.
Acis and Galatea 1. Eros plays with a dove, his mother's bird. The killing of Acis After giving a detailed account of his riches, the Cyclops proceeded to praise his own looks, proud as he was of his size and strength, and then he found it fit to resort to pedigree, reminding the nereid that his father was king over the waters of the sea, where she, as a matter of fact, happened to have her own abode.
Despite all his efforts, Polyphemus 2 could not win the nereid's love; for she cared nothing for his genealogical tree, his riches, and even less for his looks. Instead she loved Acis. But one day, the savage spied them and, hurling a rock at the nereid's lover, buried him under it, while Galatea 1 fled in panic, and dived into the sea.
Odysseus Some time after this crime, there came wandering Odysseus , who, against his will, had once sailed to fight at Troy , and that now, sailing with his fleet after the sack of that city, was on his homeward way. He and his crew had just escaped from the land of the Lotus-eaters, a people that lived on vegetable food only.
These men had no intentions of killing Odysseus ' friends, but instead they gave them sweet lotus to taste, and when they had eaten from the plant, they forgot everything, wishing to stay, and refusing to return home. Odysseus forced them on board, and the fleet sailed away, landing soon in the country of the Cyclopes. Odysseus ' fleet arrived to the island by night, and the whole crew slept on the shore; but the next day, when they saw the mountain goats they went after them and, having caught more than one hundred, they sat all day enjoying the newly acquired supply of meat, which they washed down with the wine they had taken from the Ciconians.
In the Cyclops' cave The next day, Odysseus went with his own ship and crew to explore the territory, and when he came to a certain place, he left the ship, selected twelve men in the company, and advanced with them, leaving the others behind.
It was with these men that Odysseus came to the cave of Polyphemus 2 when he was out tending his sheep, and there they awaited his return, hoping to meet a friendly host. When the Cyclops arrived, he drove his sheep into the cave and sat down to milk the ewes and goats. Short conversation His work done, the Cyclops lit up the fire and, having discovered the strangers, began asking, with his booming voice, such questions as are customary in this kind of situation, such as who they were and where they came from.
Odysseus answered him according to truth, hoping to be backed by the Fame that derived from having belonged to Agamemnon 's army, which had just destroyed Troy. He ended his speech by calling upon Zeus , who avenges the suppliant and the guest and protects the traveller. However, Odysseus ' words did not make the slightest impression on the mind or heart of the Cyclops.
For he did not care a whit for Zeus , and even less for the prowesses of King Agamemnon and his men. Two Achaeans devoured So without further ado, he seized a couple of these brave Achaeans that had been in foreign lands sacking cities, and having dashed their heads against the floor, tore them limb by limb and devoured them, washing the meal down with milk.
And being satisfied with such a banquet, he stretched himself out for sleep; for there was no need for such a powerful giant to care about the minute creatures that he intended to eat during his next meal. Odysseus and his friends deemed first that the moment had come to plunge a sword into the Cyclops' chest, but on second thoughts they realised that it would be impossible for them to push aside the huge rock that covered the entrance of the cave. The Staff of the Cyclops.
Odysseus gives more wine to the Cyclops odgen: "Again I handed him the flaming wine. Thrice I brought and gave it him, and thrice he drained it in his folly. Bonaventura Genelli — That is why they decided to wait. Odysseus, the hero of Greek mythology and the star of both the Iliad and the Odyssey , was known for being a great warrior.
His actions during the Trojan War, which were covered in the Iliad , helped the Greeks emerge from that conflict as the victors. After the Trojan War was over, Odysseus and his men headed home. This journey, which was covered in the Odyssey , was fraught with difficulties and took a total of ten years. Since Poseidon is portrayed as being a bit rash, his actions against Odysseus made sense. He lashed out and did everything he could to make the voyage home difficult.
An oracle predicted that it would be a difficult journey and take ten years, and both of those things wound up being true. When Odysseus and his men were on the journey home, they encountered a terrible storm which, incidentally, was started by Poseidon.
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