Summary: In Book 9, Odysseus and his crew are swept away to the island of the lotus eaters, and once they eat the lotus they forget everything. They are then captured by a cyclops by brute strength, and held as captives, Odysseus tells the Cyclops his name is "Noman" pronounced no man, and then, after feeding the cyclops wine it falls unconscious, and his crew heats are long pole in fire then shoves it into the cyclops eye, which makes they cyclops release a cry yelling for help. All cyclops stomp through the forest to his abode and the first cyclops then asks if anyone is killing him by craft or force, and he cries yes! Noman is killing me by force, then thinking that he meant he was sick, the other cyclops said there was nothing able to be done about sickness. Polyphemos then sits in front of the cave exit, and moves hands over his escaping animals thinking the crew of Odysseus may attempt to ride them out, then Odysseus ties his crew to the bottom of the animal's stomachs, and eventually final animal, carrying Odysseus, is the last one to exit, which Polyphemos questions. Once it leaves Odysseus quickly unties his crew from the animals, and they head back to the boat. However, when they are leaving, Odysseus lets out a cry of success, which leads to Polyphemos throwing the peak of a mountain in front of the boat, pulling the ship back to shore. Once they leave again, Odysseus once again screams at Polyphemos that his name is Odysseus, the man who blinded him was Odysseus. Then, Polyphemos curses Odysseus and prays to Poseidon that the worst will happen to Odysseus on his voyage home.
Characters: Odysseus, Polyphemos, Other cyclops, Odysseus's crew.
Themes: PRIDE, family
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