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Homer has Odysseus wash up among King Alcinous
of
the Phaeacians, who asks
him to tell his story. Odysseus complies, quickly reaching the point
of his encounter with Polyphemus and the Cyclopses. The two
countries—Phaeacia and the land of the Cyclopses—are both remarkable,
and remarkably different, especially when placed
side by side like this. |