relationships with Cyclops Polyphemus‚ the sorceress Circe‚ and Alcinous‚ King of Phaecia. Initially‚ Odysseus shows immaturity as he encounters Polyphemus as a guest on his island. After Odysseus and his crew defeat Polyphemus and escape from his cave‚ they rush onto their ship‚ ready to set sail. However‚ Odysseus “call[s] back to the Cyclops‚ stinging taunts” (IX‚ 530) and childishly throwing insults. Odysseus shows immaturity by showing disrespect and behaving rudely towards Polyphemus‚ his host. As Odysseus
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Book 9 of The Odyssey‚ Ody travels to the Island of Cyclops’s and finds himself in a cave filled with cheese and milk. Soon after he and his men devour the cheese‚ the resident of the cave reveals himself to Ody‚ a gigantic one-eyed cyclops named Polyphemus. Relying on xenia‚ Ody tells the cyclops‚ “we’re at your knees in hopes of a warm welcome‚ even a guest-gift‚ the sort that hosts
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In the section of the Cyclops‚ Odysseus and his men stop to rest on an island inhabited by the Cyclops‚ Polyphemus. The crew discovered the Cyclops’s cave and decided to stay‚ not knowing it was Polyphemus’s cave. When the Cyclops returned to his cave Odysseus expects Polyphemus to present him with gifts or else Zeus will rain his wrath upon Polyphemus. Consequently‚ Polyphemus becomes angered‚ snaches two of Odesseus’s men and devours them for dinner. The cyclops rolls a massive stone over
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law of Xenia is broken‚ quite a few of those belong in book nine of the Odyssey‚ in which Odysseus and his men are lured into a Cyclops’ cave in which the owner‚ Polypheus‚ is angered and doesn’t care about the law of Xenia. One example in which Polyphemus breaks Xenia is‚ when
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The Odyssey In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus had to face many challenges during his travels; a few of these difficulties were a cannibalistic Cyclops‚ huge whirlpools‚ determined suitors‚ along with many hardships. Odysseus fought constantly to return to his homeland of Ithaca‚ but to accomplish this Odysseus had to be clever‚ resourceful‚ and have great leadership qualities. Odysseus proved throughout the story that he was very clever. When he was faced with having to get out of Polyphemus’s cave‚
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while coming back to his kingdom and family. Odysseus was clever after he tricked the cyclops‚ Polyphemus‚ to drink Odysseus’ wine. This caused the cyclops to become drunken and fall asleep. This allowed Odysseus to stab and blind Polyphemus. This was a both‚ clever and smart decision because if Odysseus killed Polyphemus‚ Odysseus and his men would be trapped by the massive boulder that Polyphemus put to block intruders from entering and exiting his cave. The Odyssey describes the sabotage as
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throughout his journey‚ Odysseus makes many decisions‚ which proves that he controls his fate and is not a puppet of the gods. His decision to return to Aeaea‚ his failure to keep watch of his crew at Thrinacia‚ and the revealing of his identity to Polyphemus are all moments when Odysseus is the master of his own fate. One argument in favor of Odysseus controlling his own destiny occurs when he makes a major decision that affects his journey‚ to return to Circe’s Island‚ Aeaea. In the episode of the
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the Cyclops named Polyphemus ate some of his men. So Odysseus gives Polyphemus the strong wine he brought him. “ Tell me‚ how are you called”(906) Polyphemus says and Odysseus says “ Cyclops‚ you ask my honorable name? Remember the gift you promised me‚ and I shall tell you. My name is Nohbdy: mother‚ father‚ and friends‚ everyone calls me Nohbdy” (906). When Odysseus and his men took out the Cyclops’ eye and he started screaming. The other Cyclops went running to check if Polyphemus was ok and asked
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Success vs. Failure in Two Heroic Icons From generation to generation epic tales have been passed along in books and tales. Two tales that are completely different in plot and circumstance are similar in characteristics of the heroes in these epics. Similarly both characters change for the better throughout the plot line‚ and since the plot revolves around these characters they appear to be God like. They both have major obstacles in which they need to conquer but both exemplify some hubris which
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beaten off our true course by winds from every direction across the great gulf of the open sea‚ making for home‚ by the wrong way‚ on the wrong courses. So we have come. So it has pleased Zeus to arrange it.” This shows that Odysseus wanted to make Polyphemus think that it wasn’t his
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