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Jackie Formosa

 The Odyssey

The Odyssey is a collection of little stories to tell one big story. The whole tale is about what is happening to Odysseus and his men on their return journey from Troy. They met many monsters, gods, and traps along the way.

__Monsters Polyphemus the Cyclops__ One of the first predicaments odysseus gets into is on the island of the Cyclops. They get trapped in a cave with the cyclops Polyphemus, who is the son of Poseidon. Odysseus loses some of his men when the cyclops traps them in his cave and eats them. Odysseus decides to escape by stabbing out Polyphemus' one and only eye. They succede, and hide under his sheep until the cyclops lets them out. They finally return to the boat and are about to leave subtly when Odysseus decides to take credit for his plans. He yells back his name, claiming he blinded Polyphemus. This of course, angered the Cyclops who threw a hilltop in response, nearly hitting Odysseus' ship. Odysseus and his lucky men left without another word. Polyphemus throwing a hilltop at Odysseus' ship.

__ The Land of the Dead Odysseus fighting the dead.

The Sirens __ The sirens posed a potentially fateful problem for Odysseus. The SIrens were known to lure shipmen and war heros to turn their ships into the Sirens' island, where they would be murdered. Odysseus knew this and told his men to tie him to the mast and stuff their own ears with beeswax to keep fron hearing the Sirens. AS they sang their song, Odysseus screamed at his men to untie him and let him go. They, of course, did not hear him. Perimedes and Eurylochus got to their feet and held him back until they were clear of the island and free of the song. __The Sirens__

__Scylla and Charybdis__ Scylla and Charybdis are two ledgendary monsters that Circe warned odysseus about. Scylla, a sea monster with six heads, lived in a cave on the ocean. Charybdis is a ledgendary whirlpool who swallowed sailors and their ships whole. Odysseus had to go around one. Circe said that if odysseus picked Scylla, six of his men will definetely get eaten. If he picked Charybdis, he had to risk either losing his whole crew, ship, and his life,. ther was a chance, though, that if he picked Charybdis, no one will die and he will escape it, but that was not a guarantee. Odysseus picked Scylla, knowing six men would die. when Scylla made her strike, odysseus felt such guilt and remorse, because he knew. He knew these men would die, and deathly pity ran through him, until they sailed out of the cave. __Scylla Charybdis

The Cattle of the Sun God. __ When Odysseus and his worn-down men arrive at a sea cave, Odysseus, who was warned not to kill Helios' cattle, told his men that they had plenty to eat on the ship, and to not slay any cattle for food. This went along fine, until the food started running out, and then it was gone. one day, while odysseus was napping, his men searched for birds, fish, //anything// to eat, and found some: Helios' cattle. they thought if they sacrificed the animals to the sun god, he wouldn't be upset. Boy, were they wrong. Helios found out from the God's messenger. He raged to Zeus, telling him that he better punish Odysseus and his crew, or Helios will set for good. Zeus threw down a white thunderbolt and made the meat they were eating start mooing and walking. He also made the winds and water be perfect for sailing, but destroyed their ship. __The cattle of the Sun God__. __Helios__ __ Moral __ The morals I think Odysseus learned or should have learned are don't trust your crew to listen, ALWAYS listen to an oracle/prophet, control your EGO, dont make ledgendary monsters mad, and never make fun of, think your better than, or not listen to the Gods.