9th chapter Odyssey
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- Reluctantly, Odysseus tells the Phaeacians the sorry tale of his wanderings.
- Come,let me tell you about the voyage fraught with hardship...
- First, the winds swept him and his men to Ismarus, city of the Cicones. They plundered the land and stayed until the reinforced ranks of the Cicones attacked. They've lost 6 men, but managed to escape.
- After drifting the sea for a few days, Odysseus and his men landed upon the land of the Lotus Eaters. They showed them kindness and hospitality, however those of his men that ate the flowers, forgot about they home they had to return to. The other men had to pry them away from the flowers and tied them to the ship in order to bring them back.
- The land they reached following the Lotus eaters was the Cyclopes' land. They were boundless creatures with no law or order. They all lived in their own cave with their family if they have one. Odysseus and his men stayed on the island for several days eating wild goats and observing the Cyclops. It wasn't until their third day that they reached out and met the Cyclops.
- They immediately come upon a cave full of sheep and crates of milk and cheese. 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.
- After the Cyclops milked his sheep and completed all his orderly chores, he sat down to eat his dinner and speak with Odysseus. He had little respect and much disregard form Odysseus and his men, however.
- We Cyclopes care not one whistle for your thundering Zeus...
- We are sent from the gods
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