Homer, Chapter 15: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. After losses among the Ciconians, Ulysses forces companions who eat lotus back aboard because they no longer want to return home.
2. Ulysses blinds Polyphemus and escapes beneath his sheep, but reveals his name while taunting him and draws the giant’s appeal to Neptune.
3. Æolus supplies favorable sailing conditions, but the crew releases the captive winds near Ithaca, and Æolus refuses further help.
4. The Laestrygonians destroy the ships inside their harbor; Ulysses escapes because his own ship lies outside.
5. Mercury gives Ulysses protection against Circe, who restores his transformed companions; Ulysses then stays with her for a year.
6. Prompted by his companions, Ulysses leaves Circe and reaches the dark country near the dead, seeking the prophet Tiresias.

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