*sheep bleating and dramatic music*
Carefully!
Strangers, what are you doing here? We come to see you better. How many of you?
For so long I didn't see humans on this island.
We are men who want to find other people on this island..
..and we saw signs of your power.
You who are so strong and mighty are certainly close to the hearts of the gods.
Accept our friendship we offer you in the name of Zeus hospitality.
In name of Zeus who protects The weak and guests,..
..and who lead the steps of those astrayed and defenses their rights.
*ROFL*
Stranger, you must be original..
..and a miserable idiot or you have really come from afar..
..so you know nothing when you speak to me about gods.
I am Polifemus, ofspring of Cyclops *keeklops not caeklops!
We are stronger than all the gods. I don't have any intention to spare you..
..nor you nor your comrades to avoid the wrath of Zeus..
..and thus don't ask for that favor. Then, tell me, where is your ship?
Is it close? Near the shore? Our shores are dangerous..
..because of the wind. I know a safe harbor in this part of the island.
In that moment he couldn't deceit me:
..Polifemus is one nasty beast.
He wanted to plunder everything from the boat.
His terrifying eye followed me as if he already locked the prey.
He knew we couldn't escape because of the rock closing the entrance..
..and the upper part where the lights enter, was inaccessable.
So I decide to answer by deceit on deceit.
My boat is smashed by your father Poseidon,..
..on the clifs of this island.
We barely escaped death.
*dramatic music*
No, noooooo.
*sound of bones cracking*
*Polifem yawns and burps*
Who knows who will be next? -No one for now. Be careful,..
..he'll sleep now.
Don't make yourself a hero. You risk your life for nothing.
- I can't just stand and watch. - Where is your famous cunningness,..
..Odysseus? Even if you pierce his heart by a sword,..
..we are lost. We can't move the rock which barriers..
..the cave entrance and doesn't let us go out.
You are right, but what I saw eclipsed my mind.
More than a terror and horror, I was thwarted by impossibility to fight.
My shipmates prayed. I thought about ways..
..to escape the monster. I knew there must be a way, but how?
The longest night in our lives came.
The weakest among us succeeded to fall asleep.
But to me it was gruesome. I couldn't accept such end,..
..in a dark cave. And in the morning the monster goes out..
..with his flock and block the cave entrance.
Thru a crack, dthe aylight seems as a joke.
But we have one day of life more, and I was desperately planning.
What horror to avoid war just to die here,..
..where courage is useless, and where you can't fight.
This is all your fault. We shouldn't have listen to you!
- Don't grumble! You have a short memory. - Let him talk.
For years we are roaming the seas.
And are we closer to home? It's Odysseus guilt.
Odysseus, I don't want to end up being eaten!
Why didn't you leave us with the Lotuseaters? Why?
Quiet.
I'll save you, but you must listen to me.
- Does someone refuse? - I won't follow your orders!
Encourage yourself. Even if we are few, we'll deliver ourselves.
I got an idea.
Prepare timber. I want it clean as the mast of a ship.
After we skinned, we put the pinnacle in the fire.
Then we hide it. Now,nothing remained for us..
..but to loose a day till Polifemus returns.
We knew he'll eat someone else.
We will ask the fate who'll take a risk..
..to get close to the monster.
Stop! Put my luck beside yours!
Fate has smiled at me choosing those for I would choose..
..because endevour needs boldness and great steadiness:
..Heraclio, Filetor, Elpenor, Euriloch and me.
*dramatic music*
Aaaaaahhhhh.
Polifemus forced us to see his monsterous meal.
Moment came to offer him wine to make him drunk,..
..wine for whom only premonition forced me to carry it.
Wine which was given by the priest of Apollo. Man..
..can drink it only if watered down twenty times.
Cyclop, now you have eaten human flesh, drink this!
That's wine I brought confident in your hospitality.
How can I believe you? What if it is deceit? You try it first!
It's good. Give me more. I want more of that wine.
You earned a gift which a guest deserves.
Therefore, don't say I don't know..
..the law of hospitality *xenia* which is honored by the gods.
- Whats your name? Tell me. - You wanna know my name?
My name is famous. I'll tell you in exchange for the gift you promised me.
Listen carefully!
Speak!
My name is "Nobody". *or Noone.Gk.:Utis* My father, my mother and my friends..
..call me "Nobody". - Nobody? I'll eat you last..
..after I devour all of your friends. That's my gift to you.
And I want Odysseus to avenge our friends.
*Polifem snore*
*Dramatic music*
Help me brother Cyclops, help me. They wanna kill me.
It will be useless now when other Cyclops arrive.
- Our end is nearing. - It's of no use blinding him.
At least we avenge our friends.
Help me brother Cyclops,help me!
*Cyclops:* Whats up, Polifemus? What troubles you so you scream so much?
Why are you awakening us? Does somene stolen your flocks?
-No. -Somebody wants to kill you?
"Nobody" wants to kill me, "Nobody".
*Cyclops:* Therefore,if nobody wants to kill you, it means that affliction..
from Zeus comes to you. We can't help you. Call your father Poseidon.
The trick with the name deceived them.
All night he chased us, and roll out of pain.
* in the morning the sheeps stand bleating..
..and after a lot of time, the giant get pity on them.
He found the rock and moves it to let them out.
I supposed that he'll do everything to prevent our leaving.
So I ordered my shipmates to tie themselves beneath..
..bellies of a pair of sheeps.
I can't take you any more to The most fresh grass. You are now without a shepherd.
But those miserable Greeks will not escape me!
Tight! Tight hard!
Traitors, they answer me with blindness!
So my friend escaped.
-And how did you escape? -How did you tie yourself?
I was attached to a belly of his most dearest ram.
My dearest ram. Why you are leaving the cave..
..last? And you always lead my tender sheeps.
Why are you last today? Are you sad because they have blinded me?
One man blinded me after he tamed me with wine!
His name is "Nobody"!
But I tell you, he still didn't escape death.
If you could only know what I'm feeling, If you could only speak,..
..you would tell me where he is hiding! Ah!
Go, go now.
And thus he personally pushed me out of the cave.
Outside I told them: "Run to the boat! Gather the shipmates!"
I was afraid that the other Cyclops could see us.
C'mon, C'mon, un, C'mon, C'mon, all to the ship, run!
Odysseus!
What else keeps me among those rocks?
Why did I hesitate to go to my friends on the shore?
It would be more prudent to escape in silence.
Hear me! As you can see, "Nobody" isn't a small man!
The man whom you want to eat all his friends!
Evil you have done, crashed on your back..
..because you wasn't ashamed to devour your guests!
I told you nicely that Zeus is merciless to criminals like you.
Cyclop, if anyone among mortals ask you..
..what enemy blinded you..
..tell him it was Odysseus who with cunningness overwhelmed you so mighty!
Odysseus, destroyer of cities, son of Laertes and king of Ithaca!
Odysseus, I've known you will blind me!
It was prophesied to me, but I've imagine you as big a hero like me!
Thus you deceived me. Return to me Odysseus!
Now I know who you are, I give you a good journey.
I'll beg my father Poseidon to follow you!
*dramatic music*
Ah father Poseidon!
You won't get a better eye even from your father Poseidon,..
..rise up from the bottom of the Ocean to help you!
If I only can, I would rip out your heart!
Hear me Poseidon, overlord of the abyss,..
..if it's true that I'm your son, don't let Odysseus return home!
Thus Polifemus speaks to his father, blue-haired god.
And that's why you see me alone, begging you on my knees.
I depend on you, and only you can help me.
Why are you talking like that Odysseus?
The forces you awaken, are immensely more powerful than we are..
..and they can fall on us.
But according to you, on what side is justice?
Is on a side of blasphemous Cyclop who devours his guests?
You know that we and Cyclops have the same father..
..and don't forget the prophecy also: Poseidon will get angry at the Feacians..
..because of the stranger we'll escort at sea.
The prophecy foretold a punishment: the ship will be destroyed.
And our city will cover the mountain.
Prophecies are always partly true, only partly..
..and shouldn't prevent us from being honest.
I know Alcinous and I want more from the Feacians,..
..and its true that I'm brought here by the wrath of the god who persecuted me.
I would go alone, on raft, so no one get hurt.
Noble Feacians, let our guest speak..
..so we can understand how and why on his return..
..he came to our land! Continue, Odysseus.
You move the queens heart, and that's not without reason.
We continued our sailing, after we mourned the dead.
We sailed near the coast, *of west Sicily probably* and the wind became calm..
..till we get to the stone wall. There wasn't any road.
On the top I saw the royal castle..
..so I decided to talk to my crew to calm them down..
..telling the truth and lies.
Stop!
I saw this island before.
I recognize its shape and colors of the rocks..
..but the castle there above, I don't remember I have ever seen.
We got to go uphill. Destiny and the needs of the sailors require that.
Why do you look at me like that? Maybe you are afraid..
..because of the memory of the disaster on the Cyclops island?
Take it easy. This time I will go alone, without anyone.
*gentle music*
Come stranger. Who are you? What do you need?
Noble king, I'm Odysseus, king of Ithaca.
- Ah, you are the famous destroyer of Troy? - Yes noble king.
So you are one who devised the wooden horse?
Your glory is widespread.
I'm Eolus. Zeus gave me the power over the winds.
Here beside me are my wife, my children and all my pride.
3 males, and 3 females.
I managed that they marry among themselves so they don't leave their home.
I prepare them for the eternal banquet, an endless party..
..in which you'll partake as long as I wish that.
Odysseus, there are rumours that you live incredible events.
Why don't you tell us so we can keep ourselves awake?
Eat. My hospitality will be long and sweet.
All right.
For one month he kept me beside him in his court..
..forcing me to tell once again about the tragic events of the Acheans..
..which were amusing to him, till,..
.. he can't hold me any more, then I ask him to let me go.
He didn't immediately say NO.
I don't wish to hold you here against your will..
..even my children don't want you to leave.
I thank thee. You who personally stop your children..
..from leaving, must understand my wish to go home.
Not that I only understand you Odysseus, but I will help you.
You know about my power over the winds.
I will order my servants to skin a calf!
The skin is bound as a double sheeted sack!
*stormy winds*
I closed in all the winds which blow over the sea.
I left you only one, Zephyrus. *West wind* *wind blows*
It will fill your sail to your homeland.
And when you get there, then throw the sack into the sea.
Still, since I give you this, you must tell me the truth.
If you lie to me, I'll turn against you.
Tell me, does some god prevents you from returning..
..so he don't give winds to you mortals.
No, noble lord,no god persecute me. I always..
..piously offered sacrifices. - Swear it Odysseus.
Swear that you never insult Poseidon, my lord..
..and I'll seal the winds so you can return to your fatherland.
I swear that I have never insulted Poseidon..
..nor with thoughts nor with deeds. *thunder*
We finally sailed for days on a calm sea.
I didn't even need to search for a route.
I only followed the wind.
As the wind changed direction, so I steered the ship.
- Give me the rudder Odysseus, go to rest. - I'll call you when I need you.
For days you didn't close your eyes. What are you afraid of?
I swear that I won't sleep till I see Ithaca.
And despite the god of the sea, we are almost there.
Go and watch.
From Polifemus he took it. It must be full of gold.
Ithaca! Ithaca!
That's Ithaca, our fatherland!
The battle was won, I could sleep at last.
You, on oar! You, fasten the sail instead of staring!
Are you not impatient to get there?
What shall we say to our families? Why did our return take so many years?
Isn't it better to say nothing?
Are you not you afraid to say what you think?
Just look, glorious warriors of Troy, who departed in 12 ships!
Then return with only one and empty handed!
I wanna know do we have any gold, and I wanna know that now!
Isn't it enough that you return to home alive?
No, since I suffered hunger, thirst and danger, it isn't enough!
It's a shame for a warrior to return home without booty!
Their sons will never see them again as true man!
Booty is lost on the other ships, did you forgot that?
And the sack, what's inside?
Why did Odysseus never tell us what's inside?
I wanna know now! - NO! *winds blast*
The stormy wind blew us to the middle of the Ocean.
All winds blew simultaneously so it was useless..
..even to try steering the boat, how they raged.
*winds blow*
But that lord of the winds, that... Eolus, did you really meet him?
Polibius,what are you trying to say?
It's a strange story Odysseus, it is hard to comprehend.
It's a special blessing from above, that's for sure, but the opposing forces also.
Nevertheless, it seems that you by yourself govern your roads:
..you alone wished to see Polifemus, alone to go to the Eolos castle,..
..alone to sleep only on sight of Ithaca..
..like you never really wish to return.
asterisk@krstarica.com corrected by info@wiseoldgoat.com