Greek Myths: The story of the Cyclopes cave

Editing : Kostas Dimitriou Giannis Desikos

The story of cyclopes cave

While sailing home from the Trojan War, Odysseus and his men came ashore to restock their food and water. They were thrilled to find a cave full of sheep!

They knew the sheep probably belonged to someone, but they were hungry and they hoped, if the owner showed up while they were there, that he would understand that they

had fought for Greece and won. They built a fire in the cave, and cooked some sheep on a sharpened stick.

There was a giant roar! Cyclops Polyphemus appeared at the mouth of the cave, swinging a club. (A Cyclops is a one-eyed giant!) Odysseus grabbed the sharpened stick and blinded the Cyclop. Odysseus and his men got safely away by pretending to be sheep. They made bah-bah sounds until they had crawled to safety.

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SOURCES: greece.mrdonn.org