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Alex Klestinski Patrick Bassi Michael Reznicek Brice Lein Here are the **MAIN CHARACTERS** of Book 9; The Cyclops Zeus Poseidon Odysseus
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= __Key events of book 9__ = ~Odysseus tells his tale of trials and Troy ~Driven to the land of the Lotus Eaters ~Cyclops' cave ~Polymepheus prays to Poseidon

>>>>>>>>> // ** The Detective : ** //__What is the significance of Ithica in Odysseus' compliments?__ Towards the beginning of Book 9, we see how Odysseus is almost boasting about Ithica. This shows us a couple of things... ==== //1.) "Around my island many other islands crowd: Dulichium and Samos and Zacynthus, so thick with woods. But Ithica itself lies low along the sea, and farther west than any other island.."// In this passage, we see how Odysseus is talking about Ithica, in its geographical beauty. The reader can tell how he goes into detail about it, and how he is reminiscing about his beautiful home country, and how he misses it. ==== ==== //2.) "My home is rough and rocky, but it breeds robust young men. I know no thing more sweet, more fair for any man than his own land."// During this reminiscence, the reader sees how proud he is of the "robust" young men, and we see that because of his strength and stature, he is definetly among them. ==== ==== //3.) " ..Both failed. They could never persuade the soul within my breast; for if a man is far from his parents...no thing he finds can be more sweet than what he left behind."// Talking about Calypso and Circe wanting to keep Odysseus as if for a husband, he shows the strong will power that he posseses to discipline himself. He misses his homeland dearly, and he will stop at nothing to come back to it. ====

During his retelling of Troy,he tells us some important events, incluiding the cyclops story. But, why a Cyclops??
~ During this era of writing, cylopses were an icon of power- and evil. ~ Not only did they look intimidating, they ate people. So if you were captured by a cyclops, things usually did not turn out so well.

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// The Connector //
==== In book nine the two major themes are shown again. The first of the two is the reoccurring element of making offerings to the gods. In many of the other books the men made offerings to the gods so that they may have safe travel and also so that they could give thanks to the gods. The other theme that pops up in this book is the theme of hospitality. In this book Odysseus confronts the cyclops for access to his dwelling but the cyclops denied him access because he said that he was not afraid of Zeus. Then later on the cyclops is killed. ====

"//The Cyclops"//
~Brice Lein =** ! **=