Chapter 9

Odysseus tells the Phaecians of his journeys from the cicones and their plunders, to the lotus-eaters and their intoxicating fruit. After the tails they set sail to the land of the cyclopes. There they find a cave of sheep, milk and cheese. While the crew wants to get out quickly Odysseus decides to stay awhile to see if they can find anything suspicious. Then the cyclopes Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon, returns to his cave home and while humble at first he turns mean and eats two crew members and cages the rest for later. Odysseus devices a plan to get free. He than sharpens a stick, then he gets the cyclopes drunk then he drives the stick into his eye. They escape on the belies of the sheep, and as they set sail Odysseus reveals his name. Later on Polyphemus tells his father what had happened and asks his father to avenge him.