What Is Polyphemus Rewrite (Book IX): Chapter Summary
Polyphemus Rewrite: New Coasts and Poseidon’s Son (Book IX)
I awoke from within my cave filled with food and drink and shortly after went on with my normal task of pasturing my sheep and collecting some timber for my fire. As I came back into my cave a threw down the timber and started to ready my ewes in which I wished to milk that night and closed the end of my cave with a huge rock. With milking the ewes I am very good due to my strength and practice, I used the curds I made from the milk to drink as my supper.
Once I went to poke the fire I saw strangers in the back of my cave. “Strangers, who are you?” I asked followed by a few more questions about their whereabouts. The leader of the pack seemed to speak up saying that they were from …show more content…
I then proceeded through my evening chores and ate two more of the men as my supper. After my supper the leader came up to me and offered me a drink of what he claimed was great wine, along with calling me a monster. I tried the wine and it was the best I’ve ever had, I then formulated a plan promising the leader a gift if he’s to give me more of this wonderful wine, along with asking his name! After three more bowls of wine the leader said “Remember the gift you promised me, and I should tell you. My name is Nohbdy.” I then replied explaining that as a gift I would eat Nohbdy last, after which I fell asleep drunk.
I then woke up bellowing because of extreme pain, for the strangers had impaled my eye blinding me! I then dug the shaft out of my eye to feel my eye, releasing a loud scream. When the other Cyclopes came because of the noise I shouted to them that Nohbdy had tricked and ruined me, to which they replied that if pain was given by Zeus to my father Poseidon I should pray to. I then witnessed the leader laughing and swiftly through the stone opening my cave keeping my arms out wide to intercept anybody willing to
I awoke from within my cave filled with food and drink and shortly after went on with my normal task of pasturing my sheep and collecting some timber for my fire. As I came back into my cave a threw down the timber and started to ready my ewes in which I wished to milk that night and closed the end of my cave with a huge rock. With milking the ewes I am very good due to my strength and practice, I used the curds I made from the milk to drink as my supper.
Once I went to poke the fire I saw strangers in the back of my cave. “Strangers, who are you?” I asked followed by a few more questions about their whereabouts. The leader of the pack seemed to speak up saying that they were from …show more content…
I then proceeded through my evening chores and ate two more of the men as my supper. After my supper the leader came up to me and offered me a drink of what he claimed was great wine, along with calling me a monster. I tried the wine and it was the best I’ve ever had, I then formulated a plan promising the leader a gift if he’s to give me more of this wonderful wine, along with asking his name! After three more bowls of wine the leader said “Remember the gift you promised me, and I should tell you. My name is Nohbdy.” I then replied explaining that as a gift I would eat Nohbdy last, after which I fell asleep drunk.
I then woke up bellowing because of extreme pain, for the strangers had impaled my eye blinding me! I then dug the shaft out of my eye to feel my eye, releasing a loud scream. When the other Cyclopes came because of the noise I shouted to them that Nohbdy had tricked and ruined me, to which they replied that if pain was given by Zeus to my father Poseidon I should pray to. I then witnessed the leader laughing and swiftly through the stone opening my cave keeping my arms out wide to intercept anybody willing to