How Odysseus Visited The Lotus-Eaters And The Cyclops

Odyssey Summary

In book 9: How Odysseus Visited the Lotus-Eaters and the Cyclops, Odysseus starts talking about the journeys he had done tells that his fame has reached unto heaven. As they had reached a native land there they met people that only ate a plant called The Lotus Plant and ‘‘whoever of them ate the honey-sweet fruit of lotus, had no longer any wish to bring back word or return, but there they were in fain to abide among the Lotus-eaters, feeding on Lotus, and forgetful of their homeward way’’. They would not know there reason of going there all they ever wanted was to keep eating the Lotus- PLant. While the ships were driven headlong, and their sails were torn by the violence of the wind they ended in the island of the Cyclops were there they had thought that Zeus was the one that had sent the winds and all the bad

Once they had arrive at the cyclops island they had found a cave where there was plenty of food like plenty of resources for them to rely on meanwhile they had notice that the cyclops was on the way to the cave and had put the big stone to seal the cave,while they were hiding the cyclops had eaten two of Odysseus men because they were intruders. As Odysseus had seen what happened the cyclops had saw them, he had ask what your name and Odysseus said my name is “no man” so as they had talked the Odysseus had offered him wine as a gift this type of wine was to get him drunk to the position where he would just fall asleep. So the Cyclops had gave them a gift too, that night would be the last were all