These molded and shaped the actual flow of events and outcomes of the poem. ... The Cicones had struck back and defeated a vast majority of Odysseus's crew. ... Odysseus had then requested for his crew to be turned back to normal. ... What Odysseus was about to encounter next would be a very difficult task. ... Odysseus gently supplicated to the princess. ...
During his wanderings after the Trojan War, the Greek hero Odysseus and his men were cast ashore on Polyphemus's island home, Sicily. ... Odysseus then gave Polyphemus some strong wine and when the giant had fallen into a drunken stupor, bored out his one eye with a burning stake. ... Poseidon punished Odysseus for blinding Polyphemus by causing him many troubles in his subsequent wanderings by sea. ... The Greek hero Odysseus was trapped with his men in the cave of the Cyclops Polyphemus, a son of Poseidon, god of the sea. In order to escape from the cave after the giant de...
