Tuesday, March 31, 2009

New Coast and Poseidon's Son


Lucius(Odysseus' sidekick):




After leaving Troy, Odysseus and his men landed near the city of the Cicones who are allies of the Trojans and so they are our enemies. We raided the city, killing and robbing, until the Cicones army drove us back to the sea. To our misfortune, we landed on the island of the Lotus Eaters. Some of the men ate the plant and soon lost hope of their homeland. Odysseus had to drag them back to the boat. We then had the misfortune of landing on the Cyclops' island, great brutes with a single eye upon their visage. We went inside the Cyclop's cave upon Odysseus' request. We were trapped by the Cyclops who put a boulder blocking the entrance to the cave. We persuaded him to drink potent wine until he was passed out. It was than that we took a spear and poked out his eye, making him blind. We tied ourselves to the underside of the sheep in the cave in order to be unfelt by the Clyclops. To our excitement our plan worked and we were free from the Cyclops possession. The Cyclops got angry and told us he would send his father, Poseidon, to get revenge on us.

Friday, March 27, 2009

A goddess Intervenes


Lucius (Odysseus' sidekick):

We were all innocently sitting on the boat drinking when found ourselves upon Calypso's island. As we ventured off our vessel we encountered Calypso the goddess. After a long struggle and being held captive for seven years Athena helped us escape the clutches of Calypso. Odysseus washes up on the land of Phaeacians, where Alcinous is king. At a banquet in honor of Odysseus he is asked to recount his adventures up to that time.