The Cyclops Comic Strip
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- Odysseus and his crew spend many days observing the land of the Cyclopses from a distant island. During this time, Odysseus decides that him and his crew must travel to Sicily in order to learn if the Cyclopses are friends or foe.
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- Why not take the cheese, get them stowed, come back, throw open all the pens, and make a run for it (Homer 9.126-128).
- Upon arrival, Odysseus's crew suggests that they should simply take the Cyclopses food and leave; however Odysseus wishes to stay and study the Cyclopses some more.
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- Who are you? And where from (Homer 9.156).
- When the Cyclops returns to find Odysseus and his crew, he devours two of the men.
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- Cyclops try some wine. Here's some liquor to wash down your scraps of men (Homer 9.256-257).
- Odysseus begins his plan of escape. He starts by getting the Cyclops drunk, so that he can later blind the Cyclops with a stab to the eye.
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- The next morning, Odysseus and his men escape by clinging to the underbellies of sheep as the Cyclops lets them out. Because the Cyclops is blind, he feels for the men, but only touches the sheep.
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- Oh hear me lord, blue girdler of the islands, if I am thine indeed, and thou art father: Grant that Odysseus, raider of the cities, never sees his home... (Homer 9.443-444).
- While Odysseus is departing, the Cyclops prays to his father, Poseidon. He asks the god to never let Odysseus return home.
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