Please give me a summary of the section of the Odessy with the Cyclops.?

Answer 1

Ulysses, the Latin equivalent of the Greek Odysseus, was the king of Ithaca, a Greek island. He was married to Penelope and they had a son named Telemachus. He was one of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War. The Greeks fought the Trojans for ten years, but Ulysses came up with a plan to burn down Troy and save Helen, the wife of Melanos, the Spartan king. He had the Greek army build a wooden horse that he and nineteen other soldiers could fit in. All of the Greek warships left the shores of Troy and left the horse behind. The Trojans thought that it was a gift from the Greeks, so the people of Troy brought it through the gates of the city. Late that night, Ulysses and the nineteen soldiers snuck out of the wooden horse and let the newly arrived Greek army through the gates. The Greeks burned down Troy and saved Helen, but Ulysses still had a long journey ahead of him.

Ulysses and his men set sail for Ithaca. After a few weeks of sailing, Ulysses and his men ran out of food. They landed on an island, to look for food and water. They found a whole cave full of food, but they soon found out that the food belonged to a one-eyed giant called a cyclops. Ulysses and his men tricked the cyclops and escaped with the food. Unfortunately for Ulysses, the cyclops was a son of Neptune, the God of the Sea.

Once again, Ulysses' men ran out of food, so they landed on another island. The sailors divided into two groups, Ulysses and some of the crew stayed with the ship, while the others went to look for food. The next morning, one of the "food-searchers" came running bck to the boat. The sailor told Ulysses of a sorceress named Circe who had turned the other crew members into hogs. At once, Ulysses ran with the sailor to Circe's palace, but on the way, Mercury came with a gift from one of the gods. It was a magical flower that would act a shield on Ulysses from Circe's magic. Ulysses met with Circe. Circe tried to use her magic on him, but it didn't work, so she gave in and turned the back into humans. Plus, she warned Ulysses of the dangers to come. With lots of food, Ulysses and his men left the island.

Thanks to Circe, Ulysses overcame the next dangers. He overcame the dooming song of the Sirens by plugging the ears of he and his crew. The sailors came upon the six-headed monster called Scylla. Though all of his crew were eaten by Scylla, Ulysses escaped, only to be washed ashore by a storm where a princess found him and took him to her father. The king gave Ulysses his fastest ship to use to sail home with. When, Ulysses reached Ithaca, he deceived the men that wanted to marry his wife, and killed them. Ulysses finally reclaimed his throne.

Answer 2

uhhmmm...I just read this, but it was a couple of weeks ago, so it won't be perfect, hahah. Odysseus and his men went into the Cyclop's cave, and when the cyclops came back, he wouldn't let them out. So Odysseus and his men basically got the cyclops drunk off of wine, lol. I think it was 3 cups the cyclops had. The cyclops got so drunk that he threw up allll over himself, then Odysseus shoved a big stick thing into his eye. While he was screaming in agony, his cyclops buddies on the outside of the cave were shouting in, what's wrong? what's happening? But Odysseus had told the cyclops that his name was Nobody, so when the cyclops replied to his friends, he said, Nobody is hurting me. So his friend's were like, if Nobody is hurting you, then it must be a plague from the gods, and there is no way we can help you. So the cyclops died, and Odysseus and his men went on their merry little way! Lol..hope that helps some.

Answer 3

Odysseus and his men run ashore on teh island where Cyclops lives. They wander into his cave to find a lot of sheep (food, wine and supplies too). Greek law would have the owner of the cave offer them food, lodging and any needed items to continue on, so after checking for the owner, they eat etc. The story is much better but here is the end, Odysseus blinds him with a sharpened stick and he and the men sneak out of the cave by hiding under the sheep (or under sheepskins depending on the translation) as Cyclops lets them out. When Cyclops asks who has blinded him, Odysseus respnds with "Nobody". The Iliad and Odyssey are awesome, you really should read them.

Answer 4

Odysseus kicks Cyclops' big ol' one-eyed butt. A typical adventure section and nothing more -- no morals, no hidden meanings. Just simply the good guy beating the bad guy against all odds. I guess in those days it was actually something new, story-wise.

Answer 5

go here
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/

it is awesome