why does odysseus blind polyphemus rather than kill him?
what prophecy of teiresias ad circe does odysseus withhold from his men?
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why does telemachus execute the maid?
2006-10-26 06:14:29 · 2 answers · asked by J.J. 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
In the morning, Polyphemus rolls back the boulder to let the sheep out to graze. Now blind, Polyphemus cannot see the men, but feels the tops of his sheep to make sure the men are not riding them. Odysseus and his men escape, having tied themselves to to the undersides of three sheep. Once Odysseus and his men are out, they load the sheep on board their ship and set sail.
Odysseus was told by Circe that he would have a choice of two paths home, one was the prowling rocks which has been passed only by Jason with the help of Zeus where either all make it through or all die, but he chooses the second path. On one side was a whirlpool, called Charybdis who would sink the ship. However on the other side of the strait was a monster called Scylla, daughter of Crataeis with six heads who would seize and eat six men. The advice was to sail close to Scylla and lose six men but not to fight lest he lose more men. However, he did not dare tell his crew of the sacrifice, or they would have cowered below and not rowed and everyone would have ended up in Charybdis. Six men died and Odysseus announced that the desperate cries of the wretched betrayed men were the worst thing he had ever known. Undoubtedly this affected morale and left the survivors feeling mutinous.
2006-10-26 06:40:28 · answer #1 · answered by Shintz62 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There going to meet the giant squid.
2006-10-26 06:57:18 · answer #2 · answered by ben.treknerd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋