The Attack on Polyphemus
The Odyssey, book 9
Odysseus Adventure on the Cyclops Island
Polyphemus Makes a Meal of the Crew
"He seized on two and dashed them to the ground as if they had meen dogs. Their brains ran out upon the floor, and wet the earth. Tearing them limb from limb, he made his supper and ate as does a mountain lion, leaving nothing, entrails, or flesh, or marrow bones." (Homer, pg. 85)
Blinding Polyphemus
Then when the olive stake, green though it was, was ready to take fire, and through and through was all aglow, I snatched it from the fire, while my men stood around and Heaven inspired us with great courage. Seizing the olive stake, sharp at the tip, they plunged it in his eye, and I, perched up above, whirled it around. (Homer, pg. 87)
Escape from the Cave
Soon as the rosy-fingered dawn appeared, the rams hastened to pasture, but the ewes bleated unmilked about the pens, for their udders were well-nigh bursting. Their master, racked with grievous pains, felt over the backs of all the sheep as they stood up, but foolishly did not notice how under the breasts of the woolly sheep men had been fastened. (Homer, pg.88)
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