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This 6 page paper explores the violent episode with the Cyclops in “The Odyssey” and the similes that Homer uses within that chapter. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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follows Odysseus on his ten-year journey to get home after Troys defeat. Its one of the earliest examples of a sheer adventure story that we know, and Odysseus has become
the archetype of the hero on a quest. This paper examines Homers use of extended episodes of violence in the poem and similes within those episodes. Discussion There are two
chapters of the poem that spring to mind immediately as having to do mostly with violence: the adventure of the Cyclopss cave, and Odysseuss homecoming, when he slays all the
suitors who have taken over his house. Of the two, the former seems more intriguing, perhaps because it is oddly self-contained. Homer could have skipped this entirely, or we could
drop it out of the poem, and it wouldnt change anything. Its like a little misadventure that appears to have been included for the sake of showing how clever Odysseus
is, and also how dangerous his quest is. This chapter begins when Odysseus and his men, having battled the Cicones and lost a good number of shipmates, sail on, right
into the teeth of a "howling, demonic gale" sent by Zeus (Book 9, line 76). They made for the nearest shore where they rested for two days, then sailed on
again, but where blown off course once more by the North Wind (Homer). They ended up in the land of the Lotus-eaters; the lotus was a drug that made them
forget all about going home (Homer). Odysseus realized what was happening and brought the crew back to the ships, "hauled them under the rowing benches, lashed them fast" (9.112) and
set off again. This time they come to the land of the Cyclops, "lawless brutes" who dont farm or cultivate, but are supplied by the gods with all the food
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