The cyclops had rolled a large rock to block the entrance of the cave. If Odysseus and his men killed Polyphemus, they would be trapped in the cave, unable to move the rock.
No. Both epic poems were written by Homer (Greek). The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War, about the last year of the war. The chief protagonists are Achilles, Agamemnon, Patroclus, Hector, Paris. The Odyssey is about a Greek hero, Odysseus. After the Trojan War, he started his 10 year long journey home (to Itacha), where everybody thought he was dead. Only his wife Penelpoe believed that he would come home. On his journey he had many adventures (the one-eyed Polyphemus, the Sirens, Circe, etc) and finally he got home.
His famous sailing and his great Accomplishments.
It was started by the Greeks.
The British started the imperialism back in the 1880's.It started when the British had 25% of the empire.
when radio started in India
Odysseus and his crew went into the cyclop's cave. They drank his wine and ate his food. Then, they finally discovered that the cyclops (or Polyphemus) lived here. The cyclops was first angry, but Odysseus offered him some wine to lull him to sleep. Soon after, Polyphemus asked Odysseus what his name was and Odysseus replied that his name was "Nobody". After the cyclops had fallen asleep, Odysseus and his crew sharpened a large stick and jammed it into Polyphemus' eye. He started bumbling around blind and yelled out to his fellow cyclopes that Nobody had attacked him. The crew tied themselves to the belly of the sheep that were in the cave and made a narrow escape through Polyphemus' legs. Then, Polyphemus called to his father, Poseiden.
Polyphemos is not a villan to him, but once he started eating Odysseus' men, he became a villan. Not so much a villan, but more of an enemy. His actions are not justified because Odysseus did not have a tender heart to forgive him or even strike a deal about eating his men. He just blinded/totured him which was wrong.
The cyclops, Polyphemus, welcomes Odysseus and crew into his home (cave). Polyphemus plot was to bring people to his home, feed them, give them a potent wine that cause them to fall asleep and finally he would eat them. Oydsseus saw the bones lying about when they entered and became uneasy. After the crew wined and dined they fell asleep (except Odysseus) and Polyphemus put his plan into effect, but Odysseus woke the others in an attempt to escape only to be stopped by the large door blocking the entrance. Polyphemus, seeing the his dinner was fleeing started to grab and eat them. Odysseus used rope to trip the cyclops and distract him. While the cyclops was distracted Odysseus and his remaining crew took a large branch from the nearby fire and got Polyphemus to back into a wall and they made him drink his own tainted wine. They grabbed the red-hot branch and rammed him in his only eye with it destroying his sight.Prior to this Odysseus had told him (Polyphemus) that his name was 'Nobody'. As the crew are running to the ship Polyphemus begins to call out the his fellow giants but no one bothers with him because he claims 'Nobody' blinded him. He begins to hurl boulders at the ship and gives up only to pray to his father, Poseidon, who curses the rest of Odysseus' voyage.
Odysseus angered the Sea God Poseidon after befuddling, tricking, humiliating and blinding his son Cyclops Polyphemus. Odysseus had too much hubris and started to taunt Polyphemus giving his name and destination. In turn, Polyphemus prayed to his father to punish Odysseus. Therefore, Poseidon gave him a hard journey back to his home Ithaca.[It takes 10 years] "Hear me, Poseidon Earthholder Seabluehair! If I am truly thy son, and thou art indeed my father, grant that Odysseus the conqueror of Troy - Son of Laertes - whose address is in Ithaca, may never reach his home! [Homer, Odyssey, 111]"
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mainly started in Africa when the African kings started selling their own people to white sailors.
86 men and 12 ships.
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1. The war in Troy2. Captivity on Calypso's island3. Poseidon wrecks Odysseus' raft so he swims ashore on the island of Scherie, where he meets Arete and Alcinous.4. The raid on Ismaros in the land of the Cicones, he and his twelve ships were driven off course by storms.5. They visited the lethargic Lotus-Eaters and were captured by the Cyclops Polyphemus, only escaping by blinding him with a wooden stake.6. Aeolus, the master of the winds gave Odysseus bag of all the winds, except the west wind to ensure a safe return home. While he slept his sailors opened the bag and the winds flew out and drove the ships back to where they started.7. They re-embarked and encountered the cannibal Laestrygones. Odysseus's ship was the only one to escape.8. They visited the witch-goddess Circe. She turned half of his men into swine after feeding them cheese and wine.9. Having listened with rapt attention to his story on Circe's island, the Phaeacians, who are skilled mariners, agree to help Odysseus get home. They deliver him at night, while he is fast asleep, to a hidden harbor on Ithaca.10. The Ithacans follow Odysseus on the road, planning to avenge the killing of the Suitors, their sons. Their leader points out that Odysseus caused the deaths of two generations: his sailors, and the suitors, whom he has now executed. The goddess Athena intervenes and persuades both sides to give up the vendetta. After this, Ithaca is at peace once more, concluding the Odyssey.
because he wanted the sailors to sail around Africa to the east
Prince Henry the Navigator from Portugal started a school built a school for sailors. This began the Age of Exploration.