In my last post, I left you with the question the king had asked me. Who are you? Well, I thought of my answer, and I knew I couldn't lie to him. I came right out with it. My name is Odysseus, I told him. I then talked of my home and my family. After I gave him the background of my life, I decided to tell him stories of the hardships I have faced. The first one was of my encounter with the Kyklopes. I was stuck in his cave on his island, and the only way out was to trick him. He had already eaten a few of my companions. We stabbed him in his only eye, and he was blinded. Now, we hid ourselves among the sheep, and escaped with them out of the cave. During my escape, I teased and told him to always remember that Odysseus tricked him. This wasn't so wise because he prayed to Poseidon that I would never be able to reach home.
Its a terrible thing that the Kyklopes prayed to Poseidon that bad things should happen to me. The Kyklopes prayed, "...grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home..." (161). Poseidon, the father of the Kyklopes, will likely listen to this prayer. Although many of the great Gods of Olympus help and respect me, Poseidon will still be able to cause me problems. He is very powerful, and at some point throughout my journey, I will have to venture over seas. I hope that he won't cause me too much harm.
My crew had told me not to tease the Kyklopes once we had already escaped. One of my crew warned, "Why bait the beast again? Let him alone!" (159). This was a major mistake I made. I was so frustrated by all of the bad things that had occurred to my crew and I felt that this was a way to get back at the monster. It only caused me worse problems. I should've known that the Kyklopes was going to pray to his father, Poseidon. When people are arrogant, bad things come back to hurt them.
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