HUMA 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Lotus-Eaters, Odysseus
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Polyphemus poseidon"s son (and its significance) (outis-nobody) Laocoon priest of apollo *never supposed to get married, but didn"t get keep his vow and his sounds were punished and himself. Circe: the beautiful witch-goddess who transforms odysseus"s crew into pigs when he lands on her island. With hermes" help, odysseus resists circe"s powers and then becomes her lover, living in luxury at her side for a year. *she ends up helping odyssey from escaping from skylla (six-headed monster. Skylla: monsters with 6 heads that ends up eating some of odysseys crew members; Polyphemus: cyclops *poseidon"s son who was blinded by odyssey. He prays to his father calling for vengeance on odysseus. *because of this act: odyssey earns himself an enemy that keeps his journey to home difficult. Laocoon: priest of apollo, who was never supposed to get married, but he did and had children and because of that was punished *
