Odysseus with Cyclops

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Odysseus with Cyclops Circe

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• Cecilia H. C. Liu
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A Fantastic Cave Landscape with Odysseus and
Calypso Painting by Jan Brueghel
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This ancient vase painting shows Odysseus
stabbing the eye of Polyphemus, the most famous
of the younger cyclops.
from http//www.theoi.com
Ulysses and his men put out the eye of the
Cyclops, Polyphemos
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Odysseus blinding Polyphemus the Cyclops
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Detail from Attic stamnos c. 490 BC. One of
the Cyclops is visited by Odysseus and his
companions on their way back from Troy. He makes
them captive and starts eating them. They make
him drunk and then put out his eye with a
sharpened stake. They escape from his cave by
clinging to the bellies of his flock which he
lets pass.
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Bronze relief cut-out ornament from Sanctuary of
Apollo at Delphi, c. 540-530 BCE. Archaeological
Museum, Delphi.
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Odysseus helps his men escape from Polyphemus'
cave by hiding them under sheep. Pushkin Museum,
Moscow.
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Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape. Dosso
Dossi, c.1530. National Gallery, Washington DC
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Circe gives Odysseus a drugged potion.
Black-figure skyphos from Thebes, 5th or 4th c.
BCE.
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• J.W. Waterhouse, 1891. Circe holds out her wand
  and a kylix to Ulysses, whose image is reflected
  in the mirror behind her. Oldham Art Gallery,
  Oldham, England.

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Odysseus and Tiresias in the Underworld. South
Italian Red-figure bowl, late 5th c. BCE. Detail
Odysseus seated holding sacrificial knife as
Tiresias stands by him. Bibliothéque Nationale,
Paris.
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Penelope dreams
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Works Cited

• Kim, Lawrence. Odyssey Phaeacian Tales. 15
  Nov 2004. 14 Mar 2005 lthttp//www.utexas.edu/cou
  rses/larrymyth/28OdysseyI.htmlgt.
• Ms. Max. Greek Mythology. Corpus Christi
  School Computer Lab. Jan 2004. 14 Mar 2005
  lthttp//missmax.com/greek_04/1_myths.htmgt.