The glorious return of our hero,
Odysseus, has been delayed. Half way back home Odysseus’s fleet sailed into a fierce
storm, no doubt sent by his enemy, the god of the sea, Poseidon. Poseidon, it is thought,
sided with Troy in the war with Greece and was probably angry because the Trojans were
defeated thanks to Odysseus.
Odysseus forced his crew to throw all of the treasure looted from
Troy into the sea as a gift for Poseidon. The plan worked! His ships survived to land near
Smirna, the city of the Ciccones.
The Ciccones fought on the side of Troy in the war so Odysseus
decided to attack Smirna. Odysseus was victorious once again, looting the city and leaving
it in flames. He lost many men because the Ciccones were also very good fighters. Odysseus
collected all of the gold and treasure and took it back to the ships.
The soldiers were extremely tired and hungry. A lot of the men
complained, but Odysseus told his men the Ciccones would attack so they had better
keep on going, but they didn’t listen and rested anyway. In the early hours yesterday
the Ciccones attacked. |
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The men were not prepared for battle.
The Ciccones were winning the battle because they had a lot more men in their army, so
Odysseus ordered the rest of his men to retreat to the boats.Odysseus sailed away from the
island of the Ciccones, as fast as possible. Now he has fewer men but still enough to
fight a few more battles and his ships are intact.
Reporters: Nathan & Andrew
A Ciccone warrior |
