Ancient Greek Classics

      Circe's part in Odysseus' journey was very interesting to me.  Her story reminded me of a story I wrote last semester called "Witches' Island." That story was based off of Goblin City, in which lost sailors would get seduced by seemingly beautiful women before they were eaten by them.  Spoilers: the beautiful women are goblins.  My story seems even more similar--Circe is a witch herself.   Also, I thought it was pretty neat that one of the stories from this week was called "On Circe's Island." :) Odysseus' story is so neat in general--the gods seem to take particular interest with him that they do not with most other mortals. It was really cool for Odysseus to see the ghost of his mother and also Erebus in Hades' House. This trip would feel crazy if I was Odysseus! He just got out of a war, too.  He's gonna have a lot of stories when he gets home ;)   I was a bit surprised and confused to see the ghosts of the famous women....

 I am happy that I was able to go straight from the Iliad to the Odyssey.  I have't heard this story in a very long time, so this has almost been like reading it again for the first time.  Odysseus is easily my favorite character.  I like the qualities he has: he's brave, witty and he has leadership abilities.  These are great qualities for a hero :) I definitely would love to write an adventure based off of Odysseus.  The story from this section called The Cyclops Defeated was probably my favorite.  It was packed with action, and it also showcases some of the admirable qualities of Odysseus.  For starters though, I was a bit surprised that Odysseus didn't want to listen to his men and simply retrieve (steal) some of the cyclops supplies before heading back to the ship.  I wouldn't think he would want to leave meeting an alleged "lawless" cyclops up to chance.  Did he think he would be offered a cup of tea?  He does a great job of n...