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How many soldiers did Polyphemus eat?
After the Cyclops (Polyphemus) ate four of Odysseus’ men, the brave warrior hatched a plan to escape with the remaining men. Unfortunately, the Cyclops arrived home in the evening and after tending to his flock, he fed on two more men bringing the total to six.
What do Odysseus and his crew do on the island of the Cicones?
What did Odysseus and his men do to the Cicones’? The Cicones’ lived on the land on Ismarus, and they were allied to the Trojans. They “sacked the city,” which meant they burnt things, tore things up, and raided the city. They killed all the men and raped the women.
Where does Odysseus and his crew end up after their encounter with Charybdis?
Ogygia
The storm sweeps him all the way back to Charybdis, which he narrowly escapes for the second time. Afloat on the broken timbers of his ship, he eventually reaches Ogygia, Calypso’s island.
What happens to Odysseus and his crew in the Odyssey?
The sun god Helios angrily asked Zeus and the other gods to punish Odysseus’s crew for killing his cattle, and Zeus complied. Strange things began to happen to the cattle that had been killed: they bellowed and moved. But the men continue to feast for six more days before sailing away.
How did the gods punish Odysseus for killing his cattle?
On Circe’s island, Eurylochus had been the sensible one and Odysseus had been the risk-taker. The sun god Helios angrily asked Zeus and the other gods to punish Odysseus’s crew for killing his cattle, and Zeus complied. Strange things began to happen to the cattle that had been killed: they bellowed and moved.
How did Odysseus save Helen’s comrades in the Odyssey?
Menelaus praises her storytelling and recounts how Helen tried to lure Odysseus’s comrades from the wooden horse in which they had penetrated Troy by imitating the voices of the soldiers’ wives. Odysseus held the soldiers back and saved their lives.
What did Odysseus tell the swineherd in the Odyssey?
Through the swineherd we learn the extent of Odysseus’s wealth: “‘no twenty men in the world could equal hisgreat treasures!'” the swineherd brags about his master. (line 114) This book provides us a contrast between a slave and a free person.