The Cyclops's Cave
Act I: The Oath Broken
Odysseus walks his men into the cave of a being he does not yet understand. This is where it begins.
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Act I: The Oath Broken
Odysseus walks his men into the cave of a being he does not yet understand. This is where it begins.
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Seven years of refusing a goddess. The not-saying becomes its own kind of choosing.
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Penelope tested him. The part the singers leave out, because it does not make him sound like a hero.
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