Chapter Summary Of Homer's Odyssey '

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ASSIGMENT 1: Questions about the read texts (BOOK IX – XII) BOOK 9 1. Write a short summary of this book in your own words. Odysseus introduces himself to Alcinous and starts talking about his wanderings and adventures at sea. Odysseus starts with talking about the journey he starts after he and his men leave Troy and arrive at Ismarus, city of the Cicones. The Cicones are known for their brutal murders and plundering. From Ismarus, they sailed for ten days until they landed on the island of the Lotus Eaters. Those who ate the honey-sweet lotus fruit want nothing more than to stay on the island. From there they sailed to the island of the Cyclopes, giant monsters with only one eye. They run across a Cyclops’ cave and go inside. Polyphemus, …show more content…

As a gift Aeolus gives a bag of wind that can sail them back home. On the way back Odysseus’ men open the bag thinking there is gold and silver inside and all the winds rush out. This flings Odysseus’ boat all over the ocean. Soon they find themselves back to Aeolus’ island but Aeolus is angry seeing that the gods are against him and sends Odysseus off without any help. They reach the island where Antiphates the cannibal and his people live. They are pelted by giant boulders and all the ships are destroyed and sink, Odysseus and his crew are the only ones to survive. Aeaea is the next island they visit. A group of men led by Eurylochus wanders off and find a house in the centre of the island. There they find a beautiful women, named Circe who offers them food and shelter. The food was mixed with wicked drugs which turned the men into pigs. The god Hermes tells Odysseus how he can save his men, and gives him a herb called moly to withstand the potion and tells him to threaten her with a sword. Odysseus does what Hermes says and scared Circe obeys. Odysseus and Circe become lovers and live on the long island for a long time. After a year Odysseus and his men continue their quest and Circe tells him he first must visit the House of Hades and consult the ghost of Teiresias. 2. When does the transformation of Circe take place from witch to lover? The transformation of Circe from witch to lover …show more content…

The second part is the comparison: as a man bores the timbers of a ship with a drill that others twirl lower down with a strap held at both ends and lastly. Like this X did Y: so keep the drill continuously moving. This construction is called tertium comparationis and compares the movement Odysseus makes to a shipwright’s drill. Homer emphasizes this comparison by a repetition of words for example, the words twisted and round appear more than once in the

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