CLAA06H3 Chapter 22-24: CLAA06 Ch. 22-24 Notes (Return of Odysseus, Legends of Aeneas & Early Rome)
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*nts: very important chapter, lots of folktale motifs, study this extensively for exam. Homer highlights odysseus" journey to get back home (to ithaca) after trojan war (in the odyssey) Odysseus & his men leave troy & stop at ismarus in thrace (land opposite of troy & land of the. Cicones), the men conquer the city but cicones attack, killing 6 men from each of odysseus" 12 ships. >the remaining greeks escape by sea but are caught in storm off south coast of peloponnesus, which blows them to land of lotus eaters (possibly n. africa); the greeks consumed the fruits. & flowers of the lotus plant (narcotics), which drugged them & made them sleepy; odysseus manages to rescue his men from lotus plant effects (reminds them of their journey) At sea again, greeks come to land of cyclopes (round-eyes, *recall from ch. 4 they"re race of one-eyed giants mentioned in hesiod who helped olympians win titanomachy by making thunderbolt weapon)
