Characters And Mortals In Homer's Odyssey

I cannot believe such puny mortals could have done something like this to me. They have taken my best livestock, blinded me, and tricked me into a complete fool. Of course, I knew that something like this would happen eventually. It was foretold.

I first met the mortals in my cave after taking my sheep to a nearby pasture for their daily grazing. It took me a some time to realize that they were there. I had finished the chores in my cave, and was prodding at the fire when I saw them.

“Who are you, strangers? Where do you come from? Are you wanderers or are you pirates?”

As I asked them, I noticed a trace of fear on their faces. They were men I have never seen before, and so I was confused as to why they were in my cave. Then, the one who
That wave he created almost beached us!”

This told me that the rock I threw was aimed well. I heard various other crew members warn Nohbdy not to continue tempting me. He ignored them and yelled at me:

“Cyclops, if any mortal man ever wonder how you were made a fool and lost your eye, then you will tell him that Odysseus, raider of cities, did it. I am Laertes’ son, and I live on Ithaca!”

Then, everything made sense to me. This was the man from the prophecy. Still enduring great pain and anger, I said to him:

“I now remember my destiny that I was told long ago. A grand wizard once lived here on this island. His name was Telemus, a son of Eurymus, and he foretold me that I would lose my eye at the hands of Odysseus. I always pictured some giant to come and fight me, but I never suspected a mere man to trick me with wine. Come back, and I will treat you well, hoping that that god of earthquake will forgive you for what you have done to his son. He will heal me of this blinding wound.”

Odysseus said back to me:

“If I could, I would instead kill you and throw you down into the Underworld, where the god of earthquake could not heal you.”

With my blindness, I put my hands toward the sky and