The OdysseyBook 9Madelyn Bomar

Odysseus tells the Phaeacians the story of his attack on Cyclops..

At Ismarus, he and his men plunder the land, but they turn and attack,

killing six men per ship…

Zeus sends a

storm for nine days

which leads

them to the land

of the Lotus-

eaters..

There, the natives give his men an intoxicating fruit that hypnotizes them

into wanting more and more..

They eventually sail to the

land of Cyclops, where

there are caves and

sheep..

Polyphemus (son of Poseidon) eats two of Odysseus’ men and locks him

up in a cave for later feasting..

Plotting his escape,

Odysseus burns a

staff in the cave to use

as a weapon on

Cyclops..

Odysseus says that his name is “nobody” and prepares to kill him,

knowing that Cyclops does not know his real name…

NOBODY

Odysseus gouges out a monster’s eye, who then calls for Cyclops, and the

men prepare to blind him…

Odysseus blinds him and they escape, and he confidently shouts his own name as they sail away from the permanently blinded Cyclops….

Cyclopsprays to his

father to take

vengeance on Odysseus

and Poseidon hears his prayer....

Literary Devices and Annotations

– “the great teller of tales” is an epithet• [page 211 first paragraph line 1]:

– New character ZACYNTHUS is mentioned• [page 212 first paragraph line 26]

– “glad to escape our death yet sick at heart for the dear companions we had lost” is a comparison• [page 213 second paragraph lines 71-72]

– “who had no notion of killing my companions, not at all, they simply gave them the lotus to taste instead..” is an example of dramatic irony• [page 214 third paragraph line 104-105]

Devices and Annotations pt.2

“the water-meadows along the low foaming shore run soft and moist, and your vines would never flag” is sea imagery

-[page 215 second paragraph line 145-146]

“and enormous pines and oak trees looming darkly” is imagery

-[page 217 second paragraph line 207]

“and what an aroma wafted from the bowl” is also imagery

-[page 218 first paragraph line 233]

“ but he proved no lovely sight to my companions” is humorous

-[page 218 second paragraph line 259]

“in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens” is diction

-[page 223 fourth paragraph line 439]

Devices and Annotations pt 3

• “as young Dawn with her rose-red fingers shone once more” is personification

• “When young Dawn with her rose-red fingers shown once more” is personification

– [page 225 second paragraph line 488]

*BOTH ARE REPITITION^^

THE END