Odysseus and his men sail to the island of Cyclopes who are taken care of by the gods. Odysseus took 12 men to the cave of a cyclops. They entered the cave of a giant (cyclopes) and feasted on his cheese while they waited for him. When he returned they were terrified. The cyclops wish to know where their ship was but Odysseus lied and said it had wrecked and then he ate two gruesomely in front of the rest. The next morning he ate two more and Odysseus formed a plan for vengeance. After a day's work, he returned with his sheep and ate two more men, half of the 12 were now gone. Odysseus gave him wine and he became drunk and passed out, then they shoved the olive branch stake into his eye. Having told the cyclops Odysseus name was "Nobody he cried out that Nobody was attacking him to the neighboring cyclopes. To escape Odysseus and his men held the underside of the rams bellies as the cyclops let them out to graze the next morning, feeling their backs as they walked out unable to see.
They Leave and travel to Circe's Island
Homer's Odyssey: Tales of Odysseus's wanderings in a prose translation by Tony Kline.
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