Wednesday, September 2, 2009

The Od.-Book IX

>Od starts telling the royal family of his journey after he and his crew left Troy. First he talks a little about being trapped on the island with Cal and how she wanted to make him her husband. But he tells them that when a man leaves his home and his family nothing seems as sweet as what he left behind.
>They traveled from Troy-->Ismarus-->Lotus eaters-->Cyclopes
>In the land of the Cyclopes they find a cave full of goods such as cheese. Even though some of the men want to eat and leave fast they stay and spend a little more time there.
>Then Polyphemus son of Pos finds them in his cave, he immediately eats 2 of them. Od wants revenge right there but he knows it is a battle he would loose. So when Pol is doing his afternoon chores Od heats a wood steak.
>When Pol returns Od gets him drunk off of wine. When he falls down from too much Od and a few of his other men stab Pol in the eye with the steak they heated. Od told him that his name was no one so when he yelled for help he said "no one is killing me".
>In the morning Od and his crew sneak off because Pol is now blinded and can't go after them. However Pol does ask for revenge from his father, Pos.

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