Odyssey-9-16

Here Odyssey is speaking, where they are on a island and there was a giant who captured them and lock them into his cave. The giant (Kyklops) then ate two men, then he ate two more men for breakfast, and again he ate two more men. Odyssey is now set to defeat the giant by swaying him in drinking sweet wine. Odyssey succeeded as he tricked Odyssey into drinking the wine and also tricked him by telling Kyklops that his name is Nohbdy. Odyssey along with his men pierce Kyklops eye with a wood and as he stubble and then remove the rock, he an his men ran to their ship. Kylops is mad as he has been tricked by Odyssey as was stated by one of the gods. Kyklops prayed in anger that Odyssey should never return home. Zeus later refuses Odyssey offering because he had done wrong to Kyklops. Now Odyssey and his crew are on Aiolia Island and was first welcome but later they called him a curse and sent him away.Now they are on a different island, the land of Aiaia. In the land of Aiaia was the witch Kirke, who at first fetch up all Odyssey men into swines, but one return to tell him of what had happen to his men. Eurylokhos told Odyssey about what had happen but Odysssey wanted to go see for himself. As Odyssey draws near to Kirke hut, Hermes, a little boy told him of what to expect of the witch and how to prevent it from happening to him. As Odyssey does as he was told, the witch was astonish of how a mortal person could do such thing as to not fall for here poison. Odyssey then let the witch swear to him after which she releases his men more younger and taller than they were. Odyssey then went to get the other men so that they could come and settle but Eurylokhos refuses but later went. One year passed as Odyssey as his men stayed with Kirke, then later remind of her oath she took when they first met. Kirke told Odyssey to go to the land of death and pale of persephone for the gods to tell him of what is going to happen. There Odyssey met all the dead he had known an even all the ancestors. One of his soliders (Elpenor) had died without him knowing back at the Kirke's places and he told Odssey of his incident. The price of Thebes then told Odyssey of his past and future. Odyssey and his mother talked as well, there Odyssey learnt that his mother as killed herself.in the nest chapter Odyssey has now departed from Kirke after determining to follow the orders given to him but as time pass and he went to some of them, Odyssey men were now defensive and wanted to rest. Odyssey decides to rest and there came trouble from his men as the gods got angry at them for touching there calves and animals. They are thrown overboard of the ship and now Odyssey is left by himself. Here Odyssey went back to the witch and here he is told what he should do. Later, Odyssey is home but does not know it and there he is met by Athena who now told him of where he is and what he should now do. Odyssey in his arrogance did not believe Athena and first but later come to his sense. After talking with Athena they departed seperate ways where he later met a good servant who took him in and told him of many things of himself but he knew not that he was talking to Odyssey his king. Later Athena went to talk with Telemakhos to return home and there now the two men are in the same hut not realizing at first of who they both were.

In some parts of these chapters I am still confuse and wondering what is going on but now I see that there were gods that were against Odyssey's return but Athena is for him. There is still the part where I think Odyssey is telling is story about his years of despair but who is he telling the story to.