Nausicca, daughter of Alcinous, is sleeping and Athena talks to her in her sleep disguised as her best friend. Athena(disguised as Dymas’ daughter) told Nausicca, “How could your mother bear such a careless child? Your marriage will come soon. Ask your father to harness the mules and a wagon for you, and I will help you wash your clothes and get ready.” So Nausicca said, “Daddy dear, will you harness a wagon for me, the tall one with smooth wheels, so I can take my clothes to wash at the river?” Her father let her go. While they were at the river they woke up Odysseus. Her maids ran away in fear but Athena put courage in her heart. Odysseus begs at her feet, praising and complimenting her. Nausicca said, “I am the daughter King Alcinous, it’s
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Odysseus stopped to talk her, “Little girl, will please be my guide to the palace of Alcinous? He is the king who rules this part. I am a stranger, so I do not know where to go.” Athena(little girl) said of course I’ll show you. Athena shields Odysseus with a heavy mist so the sailors won’t see a stranger in their town. Odysseus is awed by the abundance of fruits on trees and the clean water for the city people. When Odysseus enters the palace He sees the king and queen eating. He kneels before the queen and begs, pleading for his case. King Alcinous was very kind and let Odysseus sit and eat with …show more content…
Their ships landed on the land of Cyclops after 9 long days. Odysseus and men scout out the land. They find cave with food to eat. They ate some because in their culture if you were a traveler or guest you expected to be fed. The giant one-eyed Cyclops returned with his sheep. His name was Polyphemus, and he was the son of Poseidon. He was very upset that Odysseus and his men ate his food. So he killed two of Odysseus’ men and ate them. They were trapped because Polyphemus put a huge boulder to block the entrance of the cave. The next night Odysseus gets Polyphemus drunk and when Polyphemus falls asleep he pokes his eye out with a fiery stick. Polyphemus begs the other Cyclops to help him, but Odysseus told him his name was Nobody. So when the Cyclops called for help he said Nobody is hurting me. The other Cyclops laughed. The next morning Odysseus and his men hid under Polyphemus’ sheep and when he let the sheep out they
Odysseus stopped to talk her, “Little girl, will please be my guide to the palace of Alcinous? He is the king who rules this part. I am a stranger, so I do not know where to go.” Athena(little girl) said of course I’ll show you. Athena shields Odysseus with a heavy mist so the sailors won’t see a stranger in their town. Odysseus is awed by the abundance of fruits on trees and the clean water for the city people. When Odysseus enters the palace He sees the king and queen eating. He kneels before the queen and begs, pleading for his case. King Alcinous was very kind and let Odysseus sit and eat with …show more content…
Their ships landed on the land of Cyclops after 9 long days. Odysseus and men scout out the land. They find cave with food to eat. They ate some because in their culture if you were a traveler or guest you expected to be fed. The giant one-eyed Cyclops returned with his sheep. His name was Polyphemus, and he was the son of Poseidon. He was very upset that Odysseus and his men ate his food. So he killed two of Odysseus’ men and ate them. They were trapped because Polyphemus put a huge boulder to block the entrance of the cave. The next night Odysseus gets Polyphemus drunk and when Polyphemus falls asleep he pokes his eye out with a fiery stick. Polyphemus begs the other Cyclops to help him, but Odysseus told him his name was Nobody. So when the Cyclops called for help he said Nobody is hurting me. The other Cyclops laughed. The next morning Odysseus and his men hid under Polyphemus’ sheep and when he let the sheep out they