How Odysseus Visited The Lotus-Eaters And The Cyclops

Odyssey Summary

In book 9: How Odysseus Visited the Lotus-Eaters and the Cyclops, Odysseus starts talking about the journeys he had done tells that his fame has reached unto heaven. As they had reached a native land there they met people that only ate a plant called The Lotus Plant and ‘‘whoever of them ate the honey-sweet fruit of lotus, had no longer any wish to bring back word or return, but there they were in fain to abide among the Lotus-eaters, feeding on Lotus, and forgetful of their homeward way’’. They would not know there reason of going there all they ever wanted was to keep eating the Lotus- PLant. While the ships were driven headlong, and their sails were torn by the violence of the wind they ended in the island of the Cyclops were there they had thought that Zeus was the one that had sent the winds and all the bad

weather but it was the Cyclops.

Once they had arrive at the cyclops island they had found a cave where there was plenty of food like plenty of resources for them to rely on meanwhile they had notice that the cyclops was on the way to the cave and had put the big stone to seal the cave,while they were hiding the cyclops had eaten two of Odysseus men because they were intruders. As Odysseus had seen what happened the cyclops had saw them, he had ask what your name and Odysseus said my name is “no man” so as they had talked the Odysseus had offered him wine as a gift this type of wine was to get him drunk to the position where he would just fall asleep. So the Cyclops had gave them a gift too, that night would be the last were all

there men would eat together. But at last the Cyclops had gotten to drunk and fell asleep. They had thought of killing the Cyclops but if they killed him they would have no way out because the stone was to big for them and only the Cyclops was able to move. So as they we thinking of their plan they had found a stick they had they made it pointy and with the help Odysseus men they had stabbed the cyclops in the eye. In that moment the Cyclops got up and moved the stone but he was going crazy as he moved the stone and was searching for Odysseus and his men, as he did get a hold of some of Odysseus he ate them. They had an idea and had gather the sheep heard and they hug on too their belly. Thats how they escaped the Cyclops island, as they were escaping they had gon to their ship. In that moment Odysseus had the nerve to say his name was Odysseus and not “No man”. Then the cyclops had remember that a profet had predicted a man called Odysseus was gonna get him blind. Then the cyclops prayed to his dad to get revenge.