For these reading notes I focused on The Land of the Cyclopse for Part A.
Homer, "Odyssey: The Land of the Cyclopse" http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/odyssey-land-of-cyclopes.html
Odyssey (Google Images)
So, I'm taking notes while I'm reading instead of just reading through and then going back to take notes and right at the start I notice that it is discussed that the Land of the Cyclops have no code of law. This is something that I find interesting from a societal point of view. If there is no code of law then socially anything goes within this society, right? To me that's a bit terrifying.
-Why is this land free of man but full of goats?
So the Cyclops seem to not have the skills to create vessels to explore and escape the island. Does this mean, perhaps, that they are not quite as intelligent as man then?
The Cyclops' Cave:
The men were able to hunt some of the copious amounts of goats and feast with their wine, gain strength before exploring.
The last sentence says that this giant was "born a monster". Does that mean that it has to constantly be categorized as a monster then for the rest of its life? Could this story simply be a tie to strangers that have different cultural and social customs from that of the original storyteller?
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