MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE BLOG, SPRING 2021

  Homer's Odyssey - Rewritten      With heavy hearts and many long days at sea, Cyclops and his one-eyed posse sailed upon to the land of the Humans. The land was good, but the conditions made the hungry sailors unable to find crops. However, they were guided by Nymphs to goats that filled their bellies for the time being. They rested for the night, deciding in the morning that Cyclops and 12 of his crew would explore the island of the Humans.      The next morning, Cyclops took his men and headed onto the island. They came upon a cave, which they could tell belonged to a human. They ate cheese from the cave and burnt an offering while they waited for the human to return, hoping to reason with it. However, the return of the human caused more harm than good. The human, who introduced himself as Odysseus, mocked Cyclops and his mates in the cave and ate two of them. They were trapped. Odysseus closed the stone behind them and completed his chores fo...

 Main characters: Odysseus The Cyclops Circe Secondary characters: Odysseus' men Hermes Important things to remember: The Land of the Cyclopes  Odysseus and his men came upon the island of the Cyclopes'  The land was good but the conditions were bad, but the Nymphs guided the goats towards them and they had plenty to eat Prisoners of the Cyclopes Odysseus took 12 of his best men out to explore the island They came upon the cave of a cyclops, and ate some of his cheese, lit a burnt offering and waited for him to return so they could reason with him The Cyclops returned and trapped them, eating 2 of the men The Cyclops Defeated The Cyclops ate 2 more men, then left for the day, leaving the crew trapped in the cave Odysseus made the men cast lots to determine who would try to blind the Cyclops with him When the Cyclops returned, he seized 2 more men to eat when Odysseus went to him and offered him wine they got from Ismarus Odysseus told the Cyclops his name was "Nobody"...