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Odysseus had to drag crew members back to the ship. Odysseus and Polyphemus (1896) by Arnold Böcklin: Odysseus and his crew escape the Cyclops Polyphemus. The rest then set sail and landed at the land of Polyphemus, son of Poseidon. After a few were killed by him Odysseus blinded him and managed to escape, but earned Poseidon's wrath.
Odysseus also converses with his dead comrades from Troy. Odysseus and the Sirens, eponymous vase of the Siren Painter, c. 480–470 BC (British Museum) Returning to Aeaea, they buried Elpenor and were advised by Circe on the remaining stages of the journey. They skirted the land of the Sirens. All of the sailors had their ears plugged up with ...
The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the 12th or 13th century BC. The war was waged by the Achaeans against the city of Troy after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.
During the sack of Troy, Deiphobus was slain by either Odysseus or Menelaus, and his body was mutilated. Some accounts [ who? ] say it was Helen who killed him, or that she celebrated his death. Most accounts [ who? ] seem to indicate that, unlike her other two husbands, Helen didn't love Deiphobus and decided she would rather return to Menelaus.
Antiphus, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes who was killed by Amphiaraus and Apollo. [10] Antiphus, son of Thessalus, the son of Heracles, and Chalciope. With his brother Pheidippus, Antiphus lead the forces of Calydnae, Cos, Carpathus, Casus and Nisyrus on the side of the Greeks against Troy.
He is slain by Odysseus' loyal cowherd Philoetius. [16] Demoptolemus, killed by Odysseus. [17] Elatus, killed by Odysseus' loyal swineherd Eumaeus. [18] Euryades, killed by Telemachus. [18] Eurydamas. Offered a pair of earrings as a gift to Penelope. [19] Eventually killed by Odysseus. [20] Eurymachus, son of Polybus. One of the leaders of the ...
During the siege of Troy, he was killed by Odysseus using his sword along with Aenus, another Ceteian. [6] (Ceteius is called a stream in Asia Minor). Polydorus (son of Astyanax) [7] Polydorus, one of the suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers. [8]
The Greek forces are driven back to their wall by Eurypylus. A truce allows burial of the dead. Meanwhile Odysseus and Diomedes find Neoptolemus eager to join the war, in spite of the pleading of his mother, Deïdamia. They return to Troy just in time to rescue the Greek cause. Neoptolemus is given his father’s armor, and he rushes into battle.