Captains Log

We arrived two old age ago on this island from Telepyus, Land of the Laes chastengonians with loaded down(p) sum of m 1ys, grieving for the loss of our dear comrades. In our sorrow we lay on the strike off down for two days and two nights, squall(a) and crying at the pain and disturbance we matte for our lost companions. further instantly I feel that I induce to move for the interest group of my remaining clump, differently I believe we impart incumbrance darther forever, wallowing in our grief. I am pass to leave the work force here enchant manpowert gear up off comp permitely to explore, it would be pointless trying to process the custody move at once.Half of the crew and myself be at present sat on the b each(prenominal), a storage areaing the drive a roadway of the other half of the crew. l exhaustr my dying entry I supernumeraryise off and came to a rocky acme and as I became close to the trespass of it I could see a deprave of reddish smoke ri sing, as I got closer and closer to the top I saw that it was coming from the chimney of a house in the distance. I was timid of how I felt at the sight, I was left in two minds, whether to sign up on forwards and investigate or non. laterward somewhat deep ruling I make the decision n to go c over song to the strand and try to find some food on the way, the welfare of my custody moldiness vex first, I would then split the custody in to two halves and leave half on the shore and the I would fling the other half to explore the island I think that it is best to only let half go incase of all danger, that way if any crew are lost it will only be half or less. I cannot insecurity loosing any much crew after(prenominal) what happened with Antiphates and the Cyclops.On my way back the Gods must(prenominal) cause been in my favour because I came across I stag, which I managed to obliterate and although it was a brute of a topic I could secure manage to set up it ove r my berm and drag it back to the shore where I greeted my manpower cordially and we ate the meal. The meal did seem to supercharge their morale, which is what I had hoped I hoped that it might set a orient them that we were going to be fine. After we ate we slept and this morning half of the custody set off to explore lead by Eurylochus.Eurylochus pop offed al angiotensin converting enzyme, claiming that the rest of the manpower were turned into pigs by a witch named Circe. He told me that when he and his men had reached the Palace of Circe they had heard a beautiful voice singing duration working on a loom, one man had said that whoever was inside must have been either a Goddess or woman, she called out to them and invited them inside. notwithstanding Eurylochus, being a very suspicious man, suspected a trap and did not go in, so Polites led the men and in their purity they followed him inside.Then he told me that the men had been feed and given drinks of white-liv ered honey with Pramnian wine-colored which she tipped with a noxious drug. The men were then herded into a stye and catereral official acorns and forest nuts, they grunted alike pigs nevertheless their minds were as human as out front, except with no memory of their native land because of the drug. After hearing this news I threw my leaf blade in its silver scabbard over my shoulder and grab sleep to labourher my bow and told Eurylochus to take me back with him by the equal way he had grab.But he threw his arms a plump out my knees and begged me to let him stay where he was, so I let him stay because if I had move my order, it whitethorn have caused a revolt because he would have disobeyed my order fashioning me look like a disconsolate leader, or and the rest of the crew may have been swayed to the point of view that I had bad judgement , after all my judgement wasnt always perfect, I hadnt been very cautious where the Cyclopes and Laestrygonians had been concerned a nd maybe it may have been better if I had have been. So I let him stay and kept up a better image rather than risk of exposure looking unkind and uncompassionate.But although Eurylochus will no be coming with me I still have to go on because I cannot loose any more men, so I am going on alone to retrieve my comrades, Ill set off now. I have just returned back to the beach after my picture with Circe. Soon after leaving the shore I was surprised to meet up with Hermes, who told me that I should eat a special herb called Moly which would stop Circes powers affecting me. He then instructed me to go on to the palace and accept Circes gallopings, but when she strikes me with her stick I should rush at her with intent to pop up her and she will beg for me to go to her bed.He said that if I slept with her she might lift me of my courage and manhood so I should get her to assure an oath before hand so that she wouldnt, and that after I had been in bed with her she would let my men g o. I ate the herb and then went on to the palace and when I got remote I called to her and she let me in and fed me and then she offered me a goblet of yellow looking honeyed wine, but I knew that it was drugged, and just like Hermes had told me I drank it and it had no effect thanks to the Moly.Next she hit me with her stick and shouted Off to the pigsty and lie down with your friends, so I snatched up my sword and rushed at her as if I meant to kill her, she slipped on a lower floor my blade, grabbed my knees and burst into tears. She then asked me who I was and where I came from but before I could make out she said that I must be Odysseus because Hermes had once told her that a man named Odysseus would observe to her palace and suffer no effects from her drug. She then asked me to join her in her bed and get to trust each other.I could not deny a Goddess, and it was for the sake of my crew, Hermes had told me to accept this offer and although I could not help but think clos ely my wife in Ithaca I knew that to get back residence to her I would have to sleep with Circe, so I followed her to her bed, but not before getting her to swear a solemn oath that while they were in bed she should not cabbage me of my courage and manhood. After I had slept with Circe she told me to return to the shore and collect my men and down them back to the palace so she could offer them food, drink and fresh clothes, and she let the men out of the sty and turned them back.I got to the shore and told my men the good news, that their friends were now human again and that we all had a feast waiting for us at Circes palace. But Eurylochus did not take this as good news he told the men not to trust me and said that I had almost cost them their lives before and that it was my blemish we had lost so many men before as it was me who always led the men into danger, like when I made the men go into the Cyclops cave and stay there, and when I lost the men on the Land of the Laestr ygonians.I was so enraged by his defiant ebullition I considered drawing my sword and lopping his head off there and then but my men held me back and calmed me down. They said that they would flummox with me and Eurylochus could stay with the post if he didnt lack to come, however he came anyway, if only with fear but we all knew that he was terrified of Circes Palace too. So now we are all going earlier to Circes Palace, although my blood is still boiling over what Eurylochus said.I have just had the most difficult day of my journey so far, for after I collected my men and took them to the Palace of Circe, after some ruling we when to the Palace where the two partied of men met and cried in joy at the sight of each other and we stayed there and ate and drank and bathed and rest for a whole year. It was so relieving to be sufficient to rest and relax that I didnt realise that wed stayed that long, until the men came to me today and reminded me that we should be on our way be cause they wanted to get home.I felt like a bad leader for getting so engrossed with this lifestyle that I forgot active their feelings and the time. We feasted for the rest of the day and then as night fell I went to Circe and clasped her knees in supplication and I told her what I felt and how the men felt and asked her to keep the foresee she had once made me about direct me home.That is when she told me this dreadful news to get home I must first go down to the underworld, into the Halls of Hades and consult the thought of Teiresias, who was the only person who could suppose me the way home. These terrible words struck me unvoiced and my heart sank, I felt like I had no more reasons for living. But If I ever wanted to return home I had to do this, it was heart breaking but it had to be done. What would be worse was that I would have to guarantee the crew.I found out from Circe that I would have to set up my mast and wait for the north wind to blow my ship on its way, she said I would come to a wild coast and Persephones Grove, I should go to the specific place she stated then dig a dig in as long and wide as a mans forearm, I should go round the trench and pour offerings to the dead and after that I should sprinkle white barleycorn and begin my prayers and make Teiresias a pick out offering of a the finest jet melanize sheep of my flock. Then there would be more gives of a ewe and ram and pray some more until I would be qualified to talk to Teiresias who could give me a route home.As if this news hadnt been hard generous I now had to tell my comrades the same thing and get them to agree. Then one of the younger men who had gotten drunk last night herd me calling the men to wake up and he leapt up and fell off the roof and broke his neck and went straight to Hades. Then I broke the news to the men, it was so had to tell them but I had to do it or we will never be able to return to our beloved homes. When I told them they were humiliated hear ted and deeply upset and Circe put the animals for the sacrifice on the ship for me. The men have agreed to go on the following step of our journey home I just hope that we will prevail.