Shipwrecked Sailors The tales of the sea are endless and trial some. As for the stories of shipwrecked sailors, two specific tales come to mind. The epic poem of Odysseus in The Odyssey by Homer, and the fictional narrative of Sinbad the sailor in The Thousand and One Nights. Sinbad and Odysseus are two sailors who set sail on the unpredictable sea and face many hardships. Each sailor faced similar disasters and problems that promoted both to use cunning behaviors and actions to resolve and escape. Though Odysseus and Sinbad’s trials were quite similar, their motives for being at sea on these adventures were thoroughly different. Odysseus was out at sea after fighting in the Trojan War. Once the war had been fought and settled, Odysseus…show more content… These large creatures ate anything in their path and showed no mercy. Odysseus and twelve of his best men journeyed to the Cyclopes’ cave in hope of the slightest bit of hospitality. They arrived at the cave while the Cyclopes was still out for the day. The men searched his cave as they awaited his return. As the men heard the savage coming, they hid in fear. The cyclopes continued without knowledge of the men being in his cave, rolled a large and heavy stone in front of cave’s entrance, blocking the men inside. Once the cyclopes had noticed the men in his cave, he became enraged and immediately ate two of Odysseus’ men. After eating a few more men the following morning, Odysseus devised a plan of escape. That evening, Odysseus got the cyclopes drunk, putting him and his crew at the advantage point. Odysseus and what was left of his crew heated up an olivewood stake over a fire and once the beast had fallen, so intoxicated, they stabbed him with the stake in his one and only eye. As the cyclopes panicked in agony, he moved the stone to cry for help. Odysseus and his men thought cunningly and quickly as they hid underneath of sheep so the cyclopes could not find them with his hands. Once the sheep had gotten far enough away, they ran back to their ship, escaping the
