The Great Odysseus Research Paper

Many people know the story of the Great Odysseus, but nobody knows his story like I do. I, the great sun god Helios, knew Odysseus and his men for who they truly were. They were thieves, cheaters, and murderers. It is time that the true story is finally told, the way it should be. Get ready for a story that will change the way that the Great Odysseus is thought of forever.
It all started on a dark, rainy day on the island of Thrinakia. I visited this island many times over the course of the year, and had the pleasure of viewing it every day from my chariot in the sky. The island was beautiful itself, but the truly beauty lived within the cattle on the island. They were my sacred bovine, my joy. I filled the island with bountiful grass for them
I would also produce a huge feast of fruits and wine and swine. My cattle were to be excluded from the feast of course. Proud of myself for coming up with such a brilliant idea, I decided to go and tell the leader of the ship of my plans. What I found on the island made me so angry that the earth itself shook. The men of the ship had been overcome by selfish ambition and had slaughtered my cattle. Not one cow remained after the feasting of the men. They even had the audacity to use my cattle as part of a shrine to me, as if I would forgive them for their killings. Odysseus seemed to know that the men had done a very bad thing, and he did not take part in the slaughter of my innocent cattle. I went straight up the Olympus to visit Zeus, and I commanded him to destroy the ship, along with all of the men in it. Zeus tried to fight with me to calm down, but he knew that he had no choice. I threatened Zeus that I would never again light the sky if he did not obey my orders. He agreed to destroy the boat, but only if he could spare Odysseus’ life. I thought that that would be okay since he did not eat any of my cattle, and I went back to Thrinakia. The men were just leaving the