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1、OdysseyODYSSEIAintroductionTheauthoroftheresplendentmythicalepicHomer,anintelligent,blindpoet,asinlegend.Thefatewrestedhisvision,buthe’senternalforhislyre,AsDemodocusinOdyssey.OdysseyOdysseus’accountsofhisadventurecaptivatedthePhaeacians.Afterapiratic
2、alraidonIsmarosinthelandoftheCicones,heandhistwelveshipsweredrivenoffcoursebystorms,TheyvisitedthelethargicLotus-Eaterswhogavetwoofhismentheirfruitwhichcausedthemtoforgettheirhomecoming,andthenwerecapturedbytheCyclopsPolyphemus,escapingbyblindinghimwi
3、thawoodenstake.Whiletheywereescaping,however,OdysseusfoolishlytoldPolyphemushisidentity,andPolyphemustoldhisfather,Poseidon,thatOdysseushadblindedhim.PoseidonthencursesOdysseustowandertheseafortenyears,duringwhichhewouldloseallhiscrewandreturnhomethro
4、ughtheaidofothers.ThispartofTheEpic.Now,we'dliketoreappearInterestingAside:I’mOdysseus,sonofIthacathepicturesquePolisstuddedwithvinesandolives.AftertheconquestofTroy,wecouldn’twaittoreturnhomeaftera10-yearparting.However,wehadtofaceanotherseriesofchal
5、lengebeforeourfinalvictory.Wediscoveredanothermysteriousisland.Ileftmy11shipsbehind,andtooktherestonewithmy12bestmen,crewedtoseethehabitants.Wefoundahuge,vine-coveredcavefilledwithgoatsandsheep.Itseemedtobeashepherdthere.Afterawhile,weheardthedeafenin
6、gfootstepsoutside.Shocked,wehidourselvesinthecorner,prayingforProvidenceinsilence.Itmustbeasavage.Then,wesawtheenormous,horribleowner.Aside:Thecruelwretchvouchsafedmenotonewordofanswer,butwithasuddenclutchhegrippeduptwoofmymenatonceanddashedthemdownup
7、onthegroundasthoughtheyhadbeenpuppies.Theirbrainswereshedupontheground,andtheearthwaswetwiththeirblood.Thenhetorethemlimbfromlimbandsuppeduponthem.Hegobbledthemuplikealioninthewilderness,flesh,bones,marrow,andentrails,withoutleavinganythinguneaten.Asf
8、orus,weweptandliftedupourhandstoheavenonseeingsuchahorridsight,forwedidnotknowwhatelsetodo.ButwhentheCyclopshadfilledhishugepaunch,andhadwasheddownhismealofhumanfleshwithadrinkofneatmilk,hestretchedhimselffulllengthuponthegroundamonghissheep,a
