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Book 9 (Cyclops Island) Timeline

Directions: Some crazy stuff happens in Book 9 of The Odyssey! Fill in what happens in the missing boxes so you can keep track of
the events on the island of the Cyclops.
Odysseus and
his crew land on
an island across
from where the
Cyclops live and
decide to find
out if these
beasts are their
enemies or

The Cyclops
asks where
their ships
are.

They make it to the

island and
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Odysseus responds
by saying:
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Odysseus takes 12
of his best men to
check out the
island, and makes
the rest watch over
the boat. Odysseus
takes a flask of

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Odysseus is filled
with anger by the
actions of the
Cyclops and draws
his sword. He
realizes that he
cannot kill the
beast. If he did,
they could not
open to the door to
the cave! The crew
is left with no
option but to wait

Polyphemus
(the
Cyclops)
returns to
his house
and
demands to
know who

The morning comes

and the Cyclops
milks his goats, and
feasts on more of
Odysseus men. As
the Cyclops leaves
the cave to tend to
his flock of sheep,
he shuts the great
stone door behind

Odysseus responds
by saying:
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While the Cyclops

is away, Odysseus
comes up with a
plan to hurt the
Cyclops. He notices
a huge __________.
The crew gets to
work making it into
a __________. They
plan
to__________________
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Night comes, the

Cyclops returns and
eats more of the
men for supper.

Polyphemus
screams in pain
and begins to call
for help from the
other Cyclops.
The men make
it back to the
boat, and
Odysseus
taunts
Polyphemus on
the shore which
causes the
beast to throw

Odysseus
approaches the
Cyclops.
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When asked by his

neighbors, what
ails you? he
responds by
saying:
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Out of anger,
Odysseus tells
the
Polyphemus:
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The Cyclops
drinks 3
more bowls.
He asks
Odysseus
his name.

Odysseus
responds by
saying his
name is
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They neighbors go
back to their caves
because they think
that no one is
hurting
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We learn
that
Polyphemu
s dad
is__________

Polyphemus
prays to his
father to make
sure Odysseus
never sees
home.

Polyphemus has
become
_________ from
all of the
__________ he
drank. He falls
asleep.
With the Cyclops
neutralized,
Odysseus comes up
with a plan to
escape. Odysseus
and his
men_______themsel
ves under the 12
______ and wait
until morning.

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The next
morning, the
men leave the
island.
saddened by
the loss of so
many men.