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Iliad Book 6, lines 441 - 473

Andromache and Hector

by Homer

Ἀνδρομάχη δέ οἱ ἄγχι παρίστατο δάκρυ χέουσα

Don't take risks, begs Andromache

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Odyssey Book 9, lines 216-249

Enter the Cyclops

by Homer

καρπαλίμως δ᾽ εἰς ἄντρον ἀφικόμεθ᾽, οὐδέ μιν ἔνδον

The wait for Polyphemus's arrival

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Odyssey, Book 9, lines 464-535

Polyphemus’s prayer

by Homer

καρπαλίμως δὲ τὰ μῆλα ταναύποδα, πίονα δημῷ

Odysseus's fateful mistake

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Odyssey Book 9, lines 336-414

The Blinding

by Homer

ἑσπέριος δ᾽ ἦλθεν καλλίτριχα μῆλα νομεύων

Odysseus and his men fight back

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Odyssey, Book 9, lines 182 - 215

The Cave of the Cyclops

by Homer

ἔνθα δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐσχατιῇ σπέος εἴδομεν ἄγχι θαλάσσης

Odysseus and his companions find the cave of the Cyclops

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Odyssey Book 9, lines 415-463

The Escape from the Cave

by Homer

Κύκλωψ δὲ στενάχων τε καὶ ὠδίνων ὀδύνῃσι

Odysseus has blinded the Cyclops, but remains trapped in the cave

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