Lucius:
After escaping the Cyclops island we landed on the island of Aelous, a king. He gave us a fair west wind to blow us to Ithaca and a bag of storm winds. We thought the bag was full of treasure so we opened it against Odysseus' wishes and we were blown back to the island. Aelous refuses to help us again because he believes our voyage has been cursed by the gods. It was than that we went to the island of Laestrygones. There we were bombarded with boulders by cannibals. Only Odysseus and his crew survive the attack. We than sailed to Aeaea, home of the goddess Circe. Some of the men went to explore and the rest of the men, including Odysseus stayed behind. They found Circe's palace and all but Eurylochus,who was very cautious, got turned into pigs by her. Eurylochus went back to the ship and told us that the rest of the men had become squealing game. When we arrived at the palace Circe fell in love with Odysseus and enticed us to stay and enjoy ourselves completely. We spent a long year on that island, enjoying life to the fullest. But soon we longed for home. Before we left Circe made us visit the Underworld to see Tiresias and see what lies ahead of them.
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