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Odysseus finds himself in the hostile city, Troy, where he meets the princess Helen. Helen is the cause of this Trojan war which has consumed Odysseus for ten years. For some unknown reason, he tells her the Greeks’ plan to destroy to the Trojans. Helen chose the Trojans over the Greeks. Aside from King Priam, she is the worst possible person he could tell, yet he trusts her. These heros play with the tools the gods give them. Achilles is the greatest fighter to ever live. He is agile and fast; his skin impenetrable to the spear. Ajax wields a godly strength, and crushes many men with a single blow. Odysseus has his clever tricks. He is fast and strong, but above all he is smart and remarkably deceiving. However, he makes the …show more content…
In this adventure, once again, Odysseus’ quick wit and intelligence play an important role. On the island of the cyclops, Odysseus and his men get trapped in a cave with Polyphemus. Here, Odysseus tricks the Polyphemus into drinking too much strong wine and he passes out. Odysseus makes a stake out of a tree, and stabs the unconscious cyclops in the eye; blinding him. While Polyphemus is blinded, Odysseus and his men hold on to the underbelly of the sheep as they escape the cyclops. The cyclops asks the name of his attacker, and the clever Odysseus tells the cyclops that his name is …show more content…
He stops on the island of the seductress goddess Calypso, and, once again, is defeated by womanly charm. The only survivor of these long years, Odysseus is the single mortal soul keeping Calypso company on the alluring island of Ogygia. Here, Calypso offers Odysseus the chance to be immortal and to never fear death again, as a temptation to keep him on her island. Calypso is concerned that Penelope is the reason that Odysseus wants to return home. She tries to get Odysseus to admit that he wants to return home to Penelope by saying that it is impossible, “For a mortal woman to rival immortal goddess?” (V, 234-235). Odysseus refuses to admit this to Calypso. Instead, he tells her, “Look at my wise Penelope. She falls far short of you.” (V, 239). He constantly contemplated returning to Ithaca and his wife, yet he was somehow unable to escape. Calypso’s seductive words bound Odysseus to the island, but her deception alone was not enough to keep hold on the strong-willed
Odysseus finds himself in the hostile city, Troy, where he meets the princess Helen. Helen is the cause of this Trojan war which has consumed Odysseus for ten years. For some unknown reason, he tells her the Greeks’ plan to destroy to the Trojans. Helen chose the Trojans over the Greeks. Aside from King Priam, she is the worst possible person he could tell, yet he trusts her. These heros play with the tools the gods give them. Achilles is the greatest fighter to ever live. He is agile and fast; his skin impenetrable to the spear. Ajax wields a godly strength, and crushes many men with a single blow. Odysseus has his clever tricks. He is fast and strong, but above all he is smart and remarkably deceiving. However, he makes the …show more content…
In this adventure, once again, Odysseus’ quick wit and intelligence play an important role. On the island of the cyclops, Odysseus and his men get trapped in a cave with Polyphemus. Here, Odysseus tricks the Polyphemus into drinking too much strong wine and he passes out. Odysseus makes a stake out of a tree, and stabs the unconscious cyclops in the eye; blinding him. While Polyphemus is blinded, Odysseus and his men hold on to the underbelly of the sheep as they escape the cyclops. The cyclops asks the name of his attacker, and the clever Odysseus tells the cyclops that his name is …show more content…
He stops on the island of the seductress goddess Calypso, and, once again, is defeated by womanly charm. The only survivor of these long years, Odysseus is the single mortal soul keeping Calypso company on the alluring island of Ogygia. Here, Calypso offers Odysseus the chance to be immortal and to never fear death again, as a temptation to keep him on her island. Calypso is concerned that Penelope is the reason that Odysseus wants to return home. She tries to get Odysseus to admit that he wants to return home to Penelope by saying that it is impossible, “For a mortal woman to rival immortal goddess?” (V, 234-235). Odysseus refuses to admit this to Calypso. Instead, he tells her, “Look at my wise Penelope. She falls far short of you.” (V, 239). He constantly contemplated returning to Ithaca and his wife, yet he was somehow unable to escape. Calypso’s seductive words bound Odysseus to the island, but her deception alone was not enough to keep hold on the strong-willed