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1、GreekMythologyOdysseus(ShortVersion)BackgroundInthetenthyearoftheTrojanWar,theGreekstrickedtheenemyintobringingacolossalwoodenhorsewithinthewallsofTroy.TheTrojanshadnoideathatGreeksoldierswerehiddeninside,underthecommandofOdysseus.Thatnighttheyemergedandopen
2、edthecitygatestotheGreekarmy.Troywasdestroyed.NowitwastimeforOdysseusandtheotherGreekstoreturntotheirkingdomsacrossthesea.HerebeginsthetaleoftheOdyssey,assungbytheblindminstrelHomer.BookOne"OhGoddessofInspiration,helpmesingofwilyOdysseus,thatmasterofschemes!
3、"SoHomerbeginshisepic,thoughtheherohimselfisstilloffstage.WearetreatedtoaglimpseoflifeamongthesupremegodsonMountOlympus.UrgedonbyAthena,thegoddessofwar,theydecidethatOdysseushasbeenmaroonedtoolongontheislandofthenymphCalypso.BookTwoMeanwhile,themansionofOdys
4、seusisinfestedwithsuitorsforthehandofhiswifePenelope.EveryoneassumesOdysseusisdead.HissonTelemachuscallsanassemblytoaskforhelp,andZeussendsanomenofthesuitors'doom.Twoeaglesswoopdown,tearingthroatsandneckswiththeirtalons.AfterwardsTelemachussetssailforthemain
5、landtoseeknewsofhisfather.BookThreeTelemachusconsultsKingNestor,wholedacontingentintheTrojanWarwhenhewasinhisnineties.NestortellswhatheknowsoftheGreeks'returnfromTroy:"ItstartedoutbadlybecauseofAthena'sanger.Halfthearmy,yourfatherincluded,stayedbehindatTroyt
6、otrytoappeaseher.Therestofusmadeithomesafely--allexceptMenelaus,whowasblownoffcoursetoEgypt,whereheremainedforsevenyears.SeekadvicefromMenelaus.I'lllendyouachariottotraveltohiskingdom."BookFourMenelaustellswhathelearnedofOdysseuswhilestrandedinEgyptafterthew
7、ar.HewasadvisedbyagoddesstodisguisehimselfandthreemembersofhiscrewinsealpeltsandthenpounceontheOldManoftheSea.Iftheycouldholdhimdownwhilehetransformedhimselfintovariousanimalsandshapes,hewouldsendthemontheirhomewardwayandgivenewsoftheircompanions.Menelausdid
8、asinstructedandwasinformedthatOdysseuswaspresentlybeingheldagainsthiswillbythenymphCalypso.BookFiveZeus,theKingoftheGods,sendshismessengerHermesskimmingoverthewavesonmagicsandalstoCalypso'sislan
