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    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

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    They came to a cave full of sheep and cheeses. The owner had gone had gone shepherding. The men had advised Odysseus to snatch some food and run away. But Odysseus wanted to see the owner‚ in hopes of a gift. The Cyclops Polyphemus‚ son of Poseidon came back with his sheep. Odysseus told the Cyclops who they were and how they had driven off course. Odysseus also says‚ “May your excellency fear the wrath of heaven‚ for we are your suppliants‚ and Zeus takes all respectable travelers under his

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     They flee and arrive at an island‚ where a cyclops named Polyphemus‚ son of Poseidon lives. The men get tricked by the cyclops because he first acts nice‚ and then he turns and eats two of Odysseus’s men. Trapped behind a wall with no way out‚ Odysseus comes up with the plan to blinds the cyclops‚ and they can escape by holding on to the sheep. Once Odysseus has escaped Polyphemus calls out for his father Poseidon to bring vengeance on to Odysseus. In chapter 10‚ Odysseus is given a bag of wind

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    on the beach crying because he can’t get home. • Calypso says she is releasing him because she can’t stand to see him so upset. She tells him this so he might change his mind about leaving. • Calypso offers Odysseus immortality if he stays. • Poseidon prevents Odysseus from arriving home by sending a storm upon him. Phaeacia (nearing the end of his journey) • Odysseus lands in Phaeacia where he is treated like a god‚ because Greeks treated all guests

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    Chapter 5 All the gods except Poseidon gather again on Mount Olympus to discuss Odysseus’s fate. Athena’s speech in support of the hero prevails on Zeus to intervene. Hermes‚ messenger of the gods‚ is sent to Calypso’s island to tell her that Odysseus must at last be allowed to leave so he can return home. In reply‚ Calypso delivers an impassioned indictment of the male gods and their double standards. She complains that they are allowed to take mortal lovers while the affairs of the female gods

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    The Odyssey is an epic from the writer Homer in the 8th century. The Odyssey is a 20 year voyage of a man named Odysseus who was king of Ithaca. The first ten years of the voyage was a war Odysseus fought in called the Trojan War. Odysseus ended the war when he had the genius idea of creating a horse as a “peace offering” because he knew he could not beat the Trojans from the outside. The horse was hollowed out in the inside so Odysseus and his men could fit inside it. Once the Trojans brought the

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    Book Review

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    is the book‚ where the main character Percy Jackson‚ the son of the Greek sea god Poseidon‚ goes missing and the son of the Roman god Jupiter‚ Jason is introduced. In the Percy Jackson series and the Heroes of Olympus series‚ there are two camps called ‘Camp Half-Blood’ and ‘Camp Jupiter’. The campers of the two camps are sons/daughters of the Greek and the Roman gods and goddesses‚ which include Zeus/Jupiter‚ Poseidon/Neptune‚ Hades/Pluto‚ Apollo/Apollo‚ Dionysus/Bacchus‚ Hermes/Mercury‚ Ares/Mars

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    The movie started with a narration that introduces the three Olympians who battled the Titans long ago: the brothers Zeus (Liam Neeson)‚ Poseidon (Danny Huston)‚ and Hades (Ralph Fiennes). Hades provided the means of defeating the Titans with his creation‚ the Kraken. After the Titans’ defeat‚ Zeus created humans and ruled them while Poseidon ruled the sea‚ but Hades‚ having been deceived by Zeus‚ was forced to rule the Underworld. The day came when a man whose born a god but raised as a

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    woman for whose sake Perseus goes on the dangerous quest‚ Medusa as the ‘monster’ he must kill‚ Andromeda as the woman he saves‚ Cassiope as the reason he had to save Andromeda in the first place‚ and perhaps even the Nereids‚ for complaining to Poseidon. All in

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    The Lightning Thief: Book And Movie Comparison Essay Percy Jackson written by Rick Riordan and the movie directed by Chris Columbus. “Percy Jackson “is about a teenage boy who find out his father is a god from Mountain Olympus. The teenage boy was set up‚ god fin the Mountain believed that the teenage boy stole the lightning. He had to go on a quest to find where the stolen lighting is and stop the war between the gods. In comparison‚ one will find out that The Percy Jackson novel is completely

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