HOMER'S ODYSSEY

Greek people were great story tellers, though one of the famous stories about Ancient Greece is Homers Odyssey. Homer's Odyssey is a poem told about a famous hero called King Odysseus. It was right after the Trojan war, which told about a war between the two cities Troy and Sparta. Sparta was a guarded city that the Trojans wanted to get inside. The Trojans had a plan to get inside Sparta by making a "Trojan horse," a wooden horse that the Trojans went inside and gave it to Sparta. They took the horse gleefully. When the Spartians went to bed the Trojans came out and attacked the city by surprise!! After the war Odysseus traveled home but instead he crashed on an island that had a giant one eyed cyclops named Polyphemus. Polyphemus traped them in his cave and ate a few of Odysseus's men. Odysseus got Polyphemus drunk by giving him wine, and after Polyphemus fell asleep,the rest of Odysseus's men took advantage and blinded the cyclops. After Polyphemus cried of pain he went searching for the men, but Odysseus was a step ahead. He and his men hid under the giants massive sheep, and soon enough they were free from Polyphemus. Though they ran away from the giant they still had trouble...make that singing trouble. Odysseus ran into magical creatures called Sirens, they could hypnotize people with their singing. When Odysseus came close to them he was clever and stuffed his mens ears so they couldn't hear.Then he tied himself to the mast, so he could hear advice from the G-ds. Soon enough he came home. THE END