Poseidon

Monraz 1 Cari Monraz Mrs. Carpenter Honors English 6 October 2015 Book X The Grace of the Witch: Reading Synopsis At the beginning of the story Odysseus continues his story about his journey for Alkinoos. He tells Alkinoos that after leaving Kyklops island, he and his crew came across the island of Aeolus, the god of wind. For a month Odysseus and his companions stayed on the island with the god, when it is time for them to leave, Aeolus presents Odysseus with a bag containing powerful storm…

this, Odysseus shows that he has too much pride or hubris. Odysseus’s trip is longer than it should be because the Cyclops prays to Poseidon to make Odysseus’s trip a lot longer and to make sure that all of his men die. If Odysseus’s ego had not gotten in the way of escaping, then he would have more men, and his journey to Ithaca would have been shorter. Also, Poseidon would have never have cursed Odysseus because he would have not known who attacked his son. This is how Odysseus is responsible…

o 19) The Iliad: Book XXIV: Achilles and Priam  Summary: This section focuses on the immediate aftermath of Hector’s murder. The gods step in and Apollo protects Hector’s corpse and Zeus gets Thetis to convince Achilles to ransom Hector to Priam. Hermes guides Priam with his treasure to Achilles’s tent for the ransom exchange. The ransom exchange happens and Priam leaves in the middle of the night with Hector’s corpse. The Trojans are aroused and upset with they see Hector and ten days later,…

The Odyssey represented a cunning hero, named Odysseus, King of Ithaca. This work of literature highlighted the tantalizing journey he and his man were forced to make fueled by the Trojan War coupled with the Fall of Troy. Odysseus and his men were antagonized by an innumerable amount of hindrances and misfortunes in their ten year journey back to Ithaca. Critics emphasize that although Homeric characters are generally static. Odysseus and his son are fairly different. “Odysseus’s love of…

When Zeus grew up, he consulted Metis on how to defeat Cronus. Metis prepared a drink for Cronus to make him vomit all of his other children up. These children were the gods and goddesses; Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. With the help of Rhea, Zeus was allowed to return to Mount Olympus as Cronus’s cupbearer. This gave Zeus the opportunity to give Cronus the potion from Mentis. The plan worked and the other five children emerged from…

Odysseus and his men were sailing home from one of their adventures and the current in the ocean swept them away towards the island of the Lotus eaters. From the island of the Lotus eaters Odysseus and his men sailed to an island across from the island of the Cyclops. Odysseus and his men rested from the journey and then sailed to the island to explore. When they were on the island they found a cave and went inside it, once inside they discovered that a Cyclops was living inside but not inside…

Homer's Underworld was described as as the land where the dead souls go to receive a reciprocity, a life in death parallel to earthly life. The land of the dead is ruled by the god Hades. After Cronus was overthrown, Hades and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon drew lots to divide up the universe and Hades was unfortunate, resulting in his being king of the Underworld. The Underworld is filled with the shades of the dead (ghosts) the souls that reside there who gather to drink Odysseus’…

and his men row off he taunts and as he is hubris he shouts at Polyphemus saying “It was the great Odysseus king of Ithaca that has blinded you”. Polyphemus responds by throwing a large boulder near Odysseus’ boat. Polyphemus then States “Hear me, Poseidon, who circle the earth, dark-haired. If truly I am your son, and you acknowledge yourself as my father, grant that Odysseus, sacker of cities, son of Laertes, who makes his home in Ithaka, may never reach that home; but if it is decided that he…

how to escape without Polyphemus catching them. Odysseus and his men pretend to be sheep so Polyphemus doesn’t catch them. In addition, Odysseus faces his biggest enemy, Poseidon. As a result of blinding Poseidon's son, Odysseus is tested with his one of his most dangerous battles. After he blinded Poseidon’s only son, Poseidon took Odysseus’ ship and “dashed it against a cliff as the winds drove [them] in”(9.321). Odysseus faces a life-threatening challenge and he must find a way to survive.…

The eight Greek evil thoughts are the morals the greek used to support humanity. Odysseus and his crew encounter the Cyclops Polyphemus, son of Poseidon. Odysseus and his crew enter the Cyclops’s cave. Polyphemus then holds all of them hostage for his dinner. Odysseus cleverly sabotages Polyphemus by attacking him when asleep. Successfully, the crew tie themselves to Polyphemus’s flock to escape the cave when Polyphemus is blind. During the event Odysseus demonstrates a few of the eight Greek…