Wow. Great chapter. This chapter is simple. Odysseus recounts part of his journey after he left Troy. And we find out why Poseidon is so angry with him.
We start with his Odysseus' men sacking the Kikonians' city. The Kikonians call there friends and drive Odysseus and his men away. Then they find their way to an island inhabited by the Lotus-Eaters.
It's simple. You eat the Lotus fruit and nothing else matters. You don't want anything else. It's nothing really bad so to speak. You just don't care about anything else. It really sucks if you're like Odysseus and his men though. Just wanting to get home. But thankfully only three of Odysseus' men actually ate the Lotus fruit. They were dragged back to the ship and locked up. They set sail again.
Now we are at one of Odysseus' greatest stories. The mighty cyclops Polyphemos. They come to they island and Odysseus' ship breaks off from the pack to explore. They find the cave of Polyphemos. They wait around for the cyclops. He acts nice enough when he finds them. But then turns mean and eats two of them. This happens two more times.
Finally Odysseus comes up with his brilliant plan. He gets Polyphemos drunk with really good wine that he "picked up" from the Kikonians. He tells Polyphemos his name is Nobody. And then, after Polyphemos passes out, Odysseus and his men plunge a large, fiery stake into his eye. Now Polyphemos cries out for help by yelling, "Nobody is killing me." So all the other cyclops just don't care.
But we have a problem. Polyphemos sits at the entrance to his cave with wide-spread arms to feel anything that moves past him. Thankfully Odysseus is really smart. He rounds up the sheep and has his men hide underneath them. The sheep carry them all out safely the next morning. Brilliant!! And they get to keep the sheep. That is total pwnage right there. Now they sail off. But not before Odysseus gets a bit too prideful and calls out his name to Polyphemos. Now Polyphemos asks his daddy, Poseidon, to hurt Odysseus. And now we know why Poseidon is so angry with Odysseus.
That's about it for this chapter. No great insights or ideas with this chapter. Hope you enjoyed the summary none the less. Goodbye.
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