Can you explain the part when that guy (name?) goes with those guys on the island and theres a cyclopes that lives there (name?) and they end up escaping by tying themselves to the belly of a sheep and they tell the cyclopes that there name is .....(idk..?).
Can you please explain that part to me as best as you can (that whole seen)...dont sound wordy tho...
and NO this is not for school, i read the book a few years ago and need help explaining it to my little sister (7 yrs old)..THANKS in advance..
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2007-12-30 07:16:18 · 4 answers · asked by ☮ 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"Odysseus and his men then sail through the murky night to the land of the Cyclopes, a rough and uncivilized race of one-eyed giants. After making a meal of wild goats captured on an island offshore, they cross to the mainland. There they immediately come upon a cave full of sheep and crates of milk and cheese. The men advise Odysseus to snatch some of the food and hurry off, but, to his and his crew’s detriment, he decides to linger. The cave’s inhabitant soon returns—it is the Cyclops Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. Polyphemus makes a show of hospitality at first, but he soon turns hostile. He devours two of Odysseus’s men on the spot and imprisons Odysseus and the rest in his cave for future meals.
Odysseus wants to take his sword to Polyphemus right then, but he knows that only Polyphemus is strong enough to move the rock that he has placed across the door of his cave. Odysseus thus devises and executes a plan. The next day, while Polyphemus is outside pasturing his sheep, Odysseus finds a wooden staff in the cave and hardens it in the fire. When Polyphemus returns, Odysseus gets him drunk on wine that he brought along from the ship. Feeling jovial, Polyphemus asks Odysseus his name. Odysseus replies that his name is “Nobody” (9.410). As soon as Polyphemus collapses with intoxication, Odysseus and a select group of his men drive the red-hot staff into his eye. Polyphemus wakes with a shriek, and his neighbors come to see what is wrong, but they leave as soon as he calls out, “Nobody’s killing me” (9.455). When morning comes, Odysseus and his men escape from the cave, unseen by the blind Polyphemus, by clinging to the bellies of the monster’s sheep as they go out to graze. Safe on board their ships and with Polyphemus’s flock on board as well, Odysseus calls to land and reveals his true identity. With his former prisoners now out of reach, the blind giant lifts up a prayer to his father, Poseidon, calling for vengeance on Odysseus.
2007-12-30 07:22:45 · answer #1 · answered by johnslat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
His name is Odysseus and he tells cyclops that his name is nobody. okay he was looking for food, remember? and the cyclops came back and trapped them in the cave. So they could escape Odysseus gave the cyclops wine and cyclops passed out then Odysseus stabbed a pointy stick in the cyclops eye so he wouldn't see. then they tied themselves to the sheep's belly when the cyclops let the sheep out they got out too.
2007-12-30 08:36:19 · answer #2 · answered by jlh6520 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Odysseus/Noman
2007-12-30 07:39:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why not read it aloud to her? Thar way she can enjoy it, and you'll be able to answer your own questions.
If this seems like too much work, pick up the Cliff Notes version. She'll still like that.
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2007-12-30 07:21:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋