intempo t.c.c. odissea polifemo - "...il mio nome è nessuno...."

ntempo t.c.c. odissea polifemo - "...il mio nome è nessuno...."

In Homer's Odyssey (Book 9), Odysseus lands on the Island of the Cyclopes during his journey home from the Trojan War. He then takes twelve men and sets out to find supplies. The Greeks find and enter a large cave, which happens to be the home of the great Cyclops Polyphemus. When Polyphemus returns home with his flocks and finds Odysseus and his men, he blocks the cave entrance with a great stone, trapping the remaining Greeks inside. The Cyclops then crushes and immediately devours two of his men for his meal. In the morning, he kills and eats two more. It is said that "rapping them on the ground, he knocked them dead like pups".The desperate Odysseus devises a clever escape plan. That night, Polyphemus returns from herding his flock of sheep. He sits down and kills two more of Odysseus' men. But, Odysseus gives to Polyphemus a strong, fragrant, un-watered wine given to him by Maron (son of Euanthes, priest of Apollo, and guardian of Ismarus). The wine makes Polyphemus drunk and unwary. When Polyphemus asks for Odysseus' name, promising him a guest-gift (see xenia (Greek)) if he answers, Odysseus tells him "οὔτις," (translated as "nobody" or "no man"). Being drunk, Polyphemus thinks of it as a real name and says that he will eat "nobody" last and that this shall be his guest-gift—a vicious insult both to the tradition of hospitality and to Odysseus. Once the Cyclops passes out from the wine, Odysseus and his men take the giant's huge olive club that they sharpened to a point during that day, while he was away, and harden its tip in the embers of a fire. The men lift the flaming stake and drive it into Polyphemus' eye, blinding him. Polyphemus yells for help from his fellow cyclopes that "nobody" has hurt him. The other cyclopes think Polyphemus is making a fool out of them, and they grumble and go away.

In the morning, Odysseus and his men tie themselves to the undersides of Polyphemus' sheep. When the blind Cyclops lets the sheep out to graze, he feels their backs to ensure the men aren't riding out, but doesn't feel the men underneath. Odysseus leaves last, riding beneath the belly of the biggest ram. Polyphemus doesn't realize that the men are no longer in his cave until the sheep (and men) are safely out.


Odysseus in the cave of Polyphemus by Jacob Jordaens, first half of 17th century.As Odysseus and his men sail away, he boasts to Polyphemus that "I am not nobody I am Odysseus, Son of Laertes, King of Ithaca." This act of hubris causes problems for Odysseus later. Polyphemus prays to his father, Poseidon for revenge. Even though Poseidon fought on the side of the Greeks during the Iliad, he bore Odysseus a grudge for not giving him a sacrifice when Poseidon prevented them from being discovered inside of the Trojan Horse. Poseidon curses Odysseus, sending storms and contrary winds to inhibit his homeward journey.

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[vigrid24]

what is this film called?

[wamione]

@vigrid24 E' l'Odissea di Omero,un famoso libro mitico dell'Antica Grecia. Come anche l'Eneide di Virgilio lo è per l'Antica Roma.

[dandmoakes]

stop speaking chinease

[wamione]

@dandmoakes Sì hai ragione ,forse è meglio...Invece dalle nostre parti li chiamano "Mongoloidi"

[giulioonamor]

VERISSIMO,, ODISSEUS=ULIXES=NESSUNO  OMNIA EST

[wamione]

@giulioonamor ...Di questi tempi per sconfiggere i Giganti...non hai altra scelta se non fare come Ulisse...

[stellinasolitaria1]

Questi sono film da proporre, perche' ho scelto questa scena?

Perche' mi è rimasto impresso, che la forza di un gigante non puo' competere con la furbizia di un piccolo uomo o donna.

[camia967]

troppo bella l'Odissea ;-))))