希腊神话——奥德赛-PPT.pptVIP

Odyssey;introduction;Odyssey;This part of The Epic.;Aside: I’m Odysseus,son of Ithaca the picturesquePolis studded with vines and olives. After the conquest of Troy, we couldn’t wait to return home after a 10-year parting.However,we had to face another series of challenge before our final victory. ;We discovered another mysterious island .I left my 11 ships behind ,and took the rest one with my 12 best men,crewed to see the habitants. We found a huge, vine-covered cave filled with goats and sheep.It seemed to be a shepherd there. After a while, we heard the deafening footsteps outside. Shocked,we hid ourselves in the corner,praying for Providence in silence.It must be a savage. Then,we saw the enormous, horrible owner. ; Aside:The cruel wretch vouchsafed me not one word of answer, but with a sudden clutch he gripped up two of my men at once and dashed them down upon the ground as though they had been puppies. Their brains were shed upon the ground, and the earth was wet with their blood. ;Then he tore them limb from limb and supped upon them. He gobbled them up like a lion in the wilderness, flesh, bones, marrow, and entrails, without leaving anything uneaten. As for us, we wept and lifted up our hands to heaven on seeing such a horrid sight, for we did not know what else to do. ;But when the Cyclops had filled his huge paunch, and had washed down his meal of human flesh with a drink of neat milk, he stretched himself full length upon the ground among his sheep, and went to sleep. ;I was at first inclined to seize my sword, draw it, and drive it into his vitals, but I reflected that if I did we should all certainly be lost, for we should never be able to shift the stone which the monster had put in front of the door. So we stayed sobbing and sighing where we were till morning came . ;When the Dawn appeared, he again lit his fire, milked his goats and ewes, as soon