Reading Notes: Homer's Odyssey, Part A

• The story is told in first-person point of view of Odysseus so we can see through his eyes and feel what he's feeling.
• Odysseus is very stubborn and hardheaded.
• There's a lot of weeping and crying in this story.
• "The Curse of Polyphemus"
• Despite his crews' pleas and their grief, Odysseus keeps recklessly putting his crew in harms way.
• Eurylochus, not wanting to lose anymore of his comrades, pleads with Odysseus to leave while we still can.
• Hermes tells Odysseus how to free his men.
• "On Circe's Island"
• Odysseus and his men stay at Circe's for a whole year.
• Circe tells Odysseus that he must travel somewhere else before going home, and he is very disappointed by this.

Circe returning the men to human form by Giovanni Battista Trotti.

Source: Wikipedia Commons

Bibliography: "Homer's Odyssey," translated into English by Tony Kline.  Source: Homer's Odyssey