book 9
- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 26-05-13 16:50
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- book 9
- introduces himself to king Alcinous
- identity
- name
- Odysseus
- fathers name
- Laetes
- homeland
- Ithaca
- name
- identity
- country of the lotus eaters
- Odysseus send men to go and investigate
- the men become addicted and forget there desire of nostos
- the men have forgotten their identity
- the men become addicted and forget there desire of nostos
- Odysseus drags the men to the ship , ties them up and dragged them under the benches
- forgetting their identity is dangerous for a hero
- mental treats are worst than physical threat because a physical threat is a glorious way to die
- Odysseus send men to go and investigate
- the county of the Cyclops
- living in caves suggests savages
- civic and social opposites of odysseus
- they're monsters and have no morals
- ' what a formidable monster he was'
- said to be 'athemistes' as they have not regard for themis (custom, law and equality)
- Odysseus and his men catch goats and slaughter them
- Odysseus gets more goats for his boat becuase he is the leader
- Odysseus and his men go of to explore the land
- they find a cave full of live rams, wine and cheese
- men want to raid the cave but Odysseus wants to make quest friends
- polyphemus does not care for the gods and doesn't offer xeina
- 'zeus is the champion of suppliants and guests'
- polyphemus eats two men
- polyphemus closes the cave with a large boulder
- polyphemus eats two more men
- sharpen a stick to a fathoms length, sharpen and harden it in fire
- polyphemus eats two more men
- Odysseus prays to athene god of wisdom
- Odysseus gives polyphemus three bowls of vintage wine
- Odysseus says his name is ' nobody'
- un-heroic but resourceful
- polyphemus says ' i will eat Nobody last'
- polyphemus falls asleep
- four men carry the stick and stab him in his one eye
- men hide under rams and wait till dawn
- they attach them self to three rams per person
- Odysseus hides under the biggest ram
- takes pre-eminent position
- Odysseus shots his name to polyphmeus
- to get kleos
- polyphemus throws boulders at the ship
- polyphemus prays to his father that Odysseus will be delayed on getting home and that none of his men will reach home and to find trouble in his own home
- they split up rams, Odysseus gets the biggest one and sacrifices i to the gods
- living in caves suggests savages
- ismarus
- cicones
- plenty of wine and livestock
- raid the land and kill most of the cicones
- Odysseus wants to take the wine and livestock and leave, men convince him to stay
- surviving cicones go get help
- six men from each ship are killed
- surviving cicones go get help
- Odysseus shares out reaming food
- holds a funeral service for those who were killles
- cicones
- introduces himself to king Alcinous
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