Part one of term paper
One of the most widely known epics and acknowledged as one of the best, Homer’s Odyssey records the expedition of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, away from home and lost for ten years while in battle. He wandered throughout the world at the mercy of the gods, where strange lands and creatures helped to shape this great epic. Often great literar ...

Part two of term paper
... the Cicones and suffering defeat, Odysseus and his ship stumble into the land of the Lotus-Eaters. Seamen who ate of the lotus (a local plant) instantly lost any memory of their home and duty. The movie begins book IX with the ship sailing directly to the island of the Cyclops. The video creates the scene of the island in merely one day, while there are hints in the book that it occurred for more than a day, possibly even two. Odysseus’ blinding of Polyphemus, a well-devised plan in order to e ...