MYTHOLOGY (noun.)
1. a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.
2. the study of myths
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THE CYCLOPS
Everyone is afraid of something or someone. Everyone has a spark that would set them into a paralyzed shock, causing them to cower in fear. To this day people still can't open their eyes on a roller coaster, too scared that it's going to run off the rails.
Why do you think people are scared of the dark? It's not because of the empty void that surrounds them as they lay still. It's the feeling of the monsters around them, lurking from the closet waiting to make a move. Many people fear these monsters, and Greek Mythology was no exception.
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The Cyclops was a monster that most of us met in The Odyssey. He was discovered when Odysseus was looking for a place to stay, to give him and his men a break.
In the story, Odysseus stumbles upon a cave full of sheep and crates of cheese and milk. The men suggest that he snatches some food and leave but instead, he decides to linger. That's when the caves inhabitant comes back.
The cyclops Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. At first he's fine with them being there and shows signs of hospitality but he soon turns hostile and devours two of Odysseus's men and imprisons him and the rest of his remaining crew.
Odysseus wants to take Polyphemus with his sword but knows that he is the only one able to move the gigantic rock keeping them trapped so he devises a plan.
The next day when Polyphemus gets back from pastoring sheep, Odysseus gets Polyphemus drunk from the wine he brought from the ship. Trying to butter him up for his plan. When Polyphemus asks Odysseus's name he says 'nobody' before the cyclops collapses with intoxication.
As he sleeps Odysseus and his men take a red-hot staff that they had been heating, and drive it straight through the eye of Polyphemus. The neighbors came over to see what was wrong but left when he screamed "nobody's killing me".
When morning comes Odysseus and his remaining men escape unseen by the now blind Polyphemus, by clinging to the bellies of his sheep when they went out to graze.
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Even in Greek mythology, people still had fears and problems to face. Odysseus has to face a giant monster and lose many people while doing it.
It's always fun to learn that even people like Odysseus may not be the same as us, but have the same emotions instead. That maybe we aren't as far from them as we think. Even if we don't have to fight a cyclops.
