~Book 9 notes and Quotes~

Quotes
"The wind that carried west from Ilion brought me to Ismaros, on the far shore, a strongpoint on the coast of the Kikones. I stormed that place and killed the men who fought. Plunder we took, and we enslaved the women, to make division, equal shares to all."-O, his departure of Troy
"Strangers. . .who are you? and where from? What brings you here by sea ways- a fair traffic?"-Cyclops. Cyclops says this to O. O is afriad to answer back.
"Cyclops, you ask my honorable name? Remember the gift you promised me, and I shall tell you. my name is Nohbdy: mother father and friends,everyone calls me Nohbdy."- O says this when he gets Cyclops drunk.
"Nohbdy, Nohbdy's tricked me, Nohbdy's ruined me."- The cyclops, Polyphemus yelled to O and his crew
"O cyclops! Would you feast on my companions? Puny, am I, in a Caveman's hands? How do you like the beating that we gave you, you damned cannibal? Eater of guests under your roof! Zeus and the gods have paid you!"-When they dropped from the bellies of the sheep and then they got out and ran to the ship, O yells this back.

Notes-
Odysseus reveals his true name and identity to King Alcinous and his people. He then describes some of the troubles he and his men faced in their journey back from Troy. First they sack Ismarus, the city of the Cicones. After an initial success, they linger too long feasting, by which time the Cicones are able to call in reinforcements, who defeat them and drive them from their island. After surviving a fierce storm, they reach the land of the Lotus-Eaters. All the men who eat the lotus plants provided by the natives forget their homeland and do not want to leave the island. Odysseus must force these men against their will back onto their ships.

Odysseus then relates in detail the famous episode with Polyphemus, the Cyclops. After having feasted on abundant flesh and sweet wine on an isle near the island of the Cyclops, Odysseus leads one ship to their land, wanting to see for himself whether the Cyclops, a race of savage, one-eyed giants, are as wild and rude as men say. He leaves the ship on the shore and goes to one of the giants' cave with twelve of his men. Polyphemus is not there, and the men help themselves to the cheese kept in his basket. They wish to leave, but Odysseus has them await the giant's return, hoping for a "stranger's gift." When Polyphemus comes back, he blocks the entrance with a huge rock. Discovering the men, he immediately eats two of them for dinner. Before leaving with his flocks for the hills the next morning, he eats two more men. Odysseus devises a plan to escape and sharpens the tip of a long stick.

When the Cyclops comes back, Odysseus offers him wine and gives his name as "No-Body." While the giant is sleeping, the men thrust the stick in the fire and then into the giant's eye. He yells really loud, but when the other Cyclops ask him what's wrong, he says that "No-Body" is killing him, and they leave in disgust. The next morning, the hero and his companions manage to escape by hiding themselves below the bellies of the sheep. when they reach the ship, Odysseus starts to taunt the giant. In return the gaint throws huge stones at the ship and prays to his father, Poseidon, to punish O by killing him or, failing that, killing all his men and keeping him from home for a long time. Finally, Odysseus' ship reaches the others at the nearby isle, and the men divide the sheep amongst themselves and have a feast. Then they once again sail away.