Book 10 - The Grace of the Witch

So we pick up from where we last left off. Therefore, we begin with us leaving. We Achaeans sailed from the land of the Cyclopes to the home of Aeolus, ruler of the winds. Aeolus presented me with a bag containing all of the winds, and so, naturally, I stirred up a westerly wind to guide myself and my crew home. Within ten days, we were in sight of Ithaca, but my shipmates, who thought that Aeolus has secretly given me a fortune in gold and silver, tore the bag open. The winds escaped and stirred up a storm that brought me and my men back to Aeolia. I hoped for so long that Aeolus would help me again, but this time, the *** refused. It seemed that all he wanted to do was simply hear the story of us at Troy. For this, he gave us a few winds. Since there was nothing to offer that appealed to him, he turned me down. People only want to satisfy their Ids. He was certain that the gods hated me and wished to do me harm. Lacking wind, we Achaeans rowed to the land of the Laestrygonians, a race of powerful giants whose king, Antiphates, and unnamed queen turn my scouts into dinner. My scouts and I, the ones that remained, fled toward our ships. Those cowards! They did nothing but disgrace me out there. The Laestrygonians pelted the ships with boulders and sunk them as they sat in the harbor. Only myhip escaped. From there, my men and I traveled to Aeaea, home of the beautiful witch-goddess Circe. Circe druged a band of my men and turned them into pigs. When I went to go rescue them, Hermes approached me in the form of a young man. He told me to eat an herb called moly to protect myself from Circe’s drug and then lunge at her when she tries to strike him with her sword. I followed Hermes' instructions overpowering Circe and forcing her to change my men back to their human forms. I soon became Circe’s lover, and my men and I, lived in her luxury for a year. When my men were finally able to continue the voyage homeward, I asked Circe for the way back to Ithaca. She replied I must sail to Hades, the realm of the dead, to speak with the spirit of Tiresias, a blind prophet who will tell me how to get home. The next morning, I rousesd my men for the imminent departure. I discoverd, however, that the youngest man in my crew, Elpenor, had gotten drunk the previous night, slept on the roof, and, when he heard the men shouting and marching in the morning, fell from the roof and broke his neck. I explained to my men the course that they must take, which they were displeased to learn, was rather meandering. I found a funny clip that relates to this. check it out, you'll really like it if you are a fan of Family Guy. Here is the website: http://www.familyguy.com/. Click on Classical Clips, then scroll all the way down until you see the clip called Stewie Brian Car Crash.