The document summarizes the story of Ulysses and Polyphemus from Homer's Odyssey. Ulysses and his men land on Sicily and encounter the cyclops Polyphemus, who eats two of Ulysses' men. Ulysses offers Polyphemus wine and later blinds the cyclops with a sharpened log. The men escape by hiding under sheep as Polyphemus feels them. Despite throwing rocks, Polyphemus fails to stop their escape, and prays to Poseidon for vengeance against Ulysses. The story has been depicted in artworks like Turner's painting of Ulysses deriding Polyphemus and a sculpture of Polyphemus by
8. POLYPHEMUS SEES THE MEN
Polyphemus roared with anger: “Foreigners, sheep thieves!
I will tear you into pieces and eat you for dinner!”.
9. POLYPHEMUS EATS THE MEN
One moment later Polyphemus grabbed two of the men and
put them in his mouth, grinding them with his sharp teeth
10. ODYSSEUS OFFERS POLYPHEMUS WINE
Ulysses jumped out to talk to him: “Cyclop, oh Cyclop,
perhaps you would like some wine, ruby-red, after such a
big meal of meat. Everyone knows that red wine goes well
with a large piece of meat oh big Cyclop”.
11. ULYSSES AND HIS MEN BLIND THE CYCLOP
Ulysses and then his men took the big sharpened log and
put it into the fire, and when it was well heated they grabbed
it together and stuck it in the eye of the Cyclop.
12. THE MEN ESCAPE FROM THE CAVE
Polyphemus then touched the skin of a sheep, then another
and another. Under each of them there was a Greek.
13. POLYPHEMUS THROWING ROCKS AT ULYSSES
The gesture had no effect. The boat floated gently with the waves
produced by the fall of the boulder and went to sea. Polyphemus did not
give up. He seized the crest of another hill and hurled it against the
ships.
14. THE WRATH OF POSEIDON
Polyphemus raised his arms to heaven and prayed for his
father Poseidon, the god of the sea.
15. ULYSSES AND POLYPHEMUS IN THE ART
Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus painting by Joseph
Mallord William Turner:
Odyssey written by Homer:
16. ULYSSES AND POLYPHEMUS IN THE ART
Sculpture Clay sculpture of
Polyphemus by Juan Gómez
Corbalán