Brief Summary Of Odysseus Of Homer's Odyssey

Odysseus goes to see the god of the winds, Aeolus. Aeolus gives Odysseus a bag of winds to help Odysseus have a safer ride home. When they head back out to sea, one of Odysseus shipmates thinks that Aeolus gave him a treasure, so he opens up the bag. A vicious storm starts and kills some of Odysseus’s men, but soon after, more of Odysseus’s men get eaten by the Laestrygonians. Later, Odysseus arrives at Aeaea. Aeaea is the home of the witch, Circe. When they were walking they walked by wolves and lions that were under her spell, but they soon looked up and were affectionate to the crew. When they got to Circe’s home, they listened to her sing, but they would not talk, until one of the officers told them to greet her. Odysseus’s crew went to eat with her, but she soon turned them into pigs. They all quickly ran back down to the ship to seek safety, and they all knew that their friends were all gone. Odysseus gets a plant from Hermes that would break Circe’s spell, so he goes up to Circe and breaks her spell. Circe then begs them to stay and eat, but after a while Odysseus
This is because in book ten, the sailor is tempted in opening Aeolus’s bag of wind, because he thinks it is treasure. He soon finds out that their was a big storm inside. Some of the sailors die in the big storm, but as a punishment of this temptation, Aeolus also makes the Laestrygonians eat some of the sailors. People can also get tempted in real life. An example of this is a little kid at a candy store. Kids can get tempted to eat all of the candy, because they know how sweet and good it is. Even though in books ten and eleven temptation is bad, it could also be a good thing. People can be tempted in helping someone or something out. Families can be tempted into adopting a dog into their home and saving its life. In conclusion, temptation is a wonderful and terrible