Cyclops

convinced Polyphemus that his name was, "nohbdy" which sounds like, "nobody" so when the other cyclops ask what's gotten him stirred up he says what sounds like "nobody". "My name is nohbdy: mother, father, and friends, everybody calls me nohbdy." After he confused the other cyclops and they couldn’t save him he needed to think of a plan to get out, so he did. He decided to ride out under the bellies of the cyclops' giant sheep. "Then slung a man under each middle one to ride there safely,…

superiority. Throughout his journey, he showed many examples of excellence and wits, or what Greeks called Arête and Metis. He battled giant Cyclops and raging sea monsters. He even fought a whole army of suitors with only the help of his son and two loyal herds. Not only did he display amazing skills, or Arête, he also showed great Metis. He tricked a Cyclops into thinking that his name is “Nobody,” and he built a boat that eventually saved his life. Although he performed many of these…

Ashure Ashe says that, “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge surpass all other at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost” (1).Heroes today are not people who can defeat cyclops, or survive three headed monsters, or try to fight off giants like the protagonist of the Odyssey, Odysseus. Heroes today are people do good deeds not for their own personal gain, but for the good of others. The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus and adventures his…

When Odysseus and his men come to a land bearing Cyclopes, they encounter Polyphemus, a Cyclops who proves to be a threat to the band of men. It is through his craft (plus the help of his men) that Odysseus is able to conquer Polyphemus. First, he crafts a stake out of supplies in the cave he and his men are trapped in. He then gives Polyphemus…

People have wondered what the Bermuda Triangle, or the “Devil's Triangle” , really is for years and years. People have twisted, tweaked and bent the legends of the mysterious Bermuda Triangle in so many ways, that people don’t know what to believe anymore. Maybe it’s a whirlpool that suck you in, or, better yet, it’s some kind of gravitational pull that pulls the ships and planes down to the bottom of the ocean. Everything that scientists have come up with are reasonable, all except for one…

completely different. Bolt Odysseus and Julius have stories told like heroes and are always characterized as heroes. They both are characterized to show strength and confidence and power.For example, in line 315, of The Odyssey, Odysseus tells the Cyclops his name is Nohbody. Which represents his…

killing is good versus evil. The last example is when Odysseus and his men were held captive by the Cyclops Polyphemus. Odysseus used his cunning to save their lives by disguising his identity and told the Cyclops his name was “Noman.” When he attacks the Cyclops by stabbing him in the eye with his spear after he is asleep, the Cyclops shrieks, “Noman is killing me by some kind of trick!” After the Cyclops is blinded, Odysseus derives a plan to escape the cave. The plan was to cling to the…

was needed Reason two. soon the war broke out and went to help support the troops, but after the war was done, we were separated from the rest of his men and taken somewhere else and at the time of need his men needed a leader to get away from the Cyclops so he rose to the challenge Reason three. He had been still loyal to one person yet he did things he regretted just to get home like sleep with a goddess. In the story, The Odyssey by Homer Rhapsode the main hero Odysseus has everyone in…

able to return earlier. In the epic, I believe that three major decisions could’ve helped Odysseus sail back towards home sooner if he had chosen the right choice. One of the significant decisions is Odysseus’ accord to rest on the Cyclops’ island and approach the Cyclops’ cave. If Odysseus hadn’t settled on greeting Polyphemus, he wouldn’t have lost men and they wouldn’t have been trapped with no way out besides relocating the boulder. Suddenly, Odysseus thought of a plan to escape the cave…

family and had longed to see his son whom he had never seen before. They both have many obstacles some more dangerous than others. While Louie faced death in many harsh ways. Then Odysseus facing many tests along his was with monsters including a cyclops. They both fought through their rough times and stayed on track to finally get…