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Book 9: New Coasts and Poseidon's Son

This is a part where the medias res comes in. It starts with Odysseus is talking with Alcinous about his travels.

 In the first part, you are informed that Odysseus is the son if Laertes' son.

Now comes the part of the famous lotus eaters. They basically are drugged by the lotus that grows on their island. So the entire time they are there, Odysseus ties his crew to the boat to prevent them from eating the lotus.

After that they reach the famous island that has all the cyclopes. So when they reach there, there is a perfect plan to take and eat the cyclops's food, but for some odd reason, they decide to wait for the giant. So when he gets there he is startled and casually eats some of Odysseus's men. So at night him and Odysseus are talking and Odysseus offers him a bag of the most delicious wine. When Polyphemus asks for Odysseus's name, he tells him it is Nohbdy. After Polyphemus has gone to bed, Odysseus stabs his eye out and the giant started screaming "NOHBDY HAS STABBED MY EYE!" Then Odysseus and his remaining me tie themselves to rams and make an east escape out.

Book 10: Circe, the Grace of the Witch

Odysseus then lands on the island of Aeolus and he gives him a bag of wind and a bag of storm. They use the bag of wind to get home, but Odysseus's crew thinks he is hiding gold in the extra bag. When they open in, it sends them all the way back to Aeolus who denies them any further help. After this, they travel to Circe's island. Circe is witch who is knitting and singing when Odysseus and his crew get there. After a short period of time, she turns his men to pigs. One of Odysseus's crew mates Eurylochus, tells him to sail away fast but he doesn't listen. When Odysseus is traveling there, Hermes gives him a special plant called Moly, which makes him resistant to Circe's magic. When he gets there, he threatens her and tells him to turns his men back. She does but then Odysseus locks her in a cage. She then tells him to go to the underworld and talk to a blind prophet.