Homer's Odyssey:
Odysseus tells the story of his escaping the Lotus-Eaters, and then landing at the island of Cyclops, the one-eyed giants, where he encounters and blinds Polyphemus, the strongest among them, to King Alcinous, father of Nausicaa, in Book IX of Odyssey.
James Joyce's Ulysses:
Joyce used the name Cyclops to refer to the 12th episode/chapter of his Ulysses. It takes place in Barney Kiernan's pub on Little Britain Street. This episode bears the closest similarity in the entire novel to Homer's Odyssey. There are parallels between the citizen Bloom meets in the pub and Polyphemus, and between the biscuit box thrown by the citizen and the rock thrown by Polyphemus. There are numerous references to the 'eye' in the singular form hinting at the one-eyed giants. The gigantism of the entire episode must also. be compared with the gigantic inhabitants of the island of Cyclops. The happenings in the pub including the serious altercation between the citizen and Bloom are narrated by an eyewitness, known as the narrator. His account alternates with parodic interpolations. In all there are 31 such interpolations.
It is 5 p.m.
Selected Highlights of Episode 12 in Ulysses for the Uninitiated:
1. Sayings from Ulysses explored/explained:
- . . . and he waiting for what the sky would drop in the way of drink. (12.120)
- The figure seated on a large boulder ... was that of a broadshouldered deepchested stronglimbed . . . hero. (12.151)
- In the darkness spirit hands were felt to flutter and when prayer by tantras had been directed to the proper quarter . . . (12.338)
- . . . he was now on the path of pralaya or return but was still submitted to trial at the hands of certain bloodthirsty entities . . . (12.345)
- I'm told those jewies does have a sort of a queer door coming off them for dogs . . . (12.452)
- I'd train him by kindness, so I would, if he was my dog. (12.698)
- . . . the citizen scowling after him, and the old dog at his feet looking up to know who to bite and when. (12.1161)
- Some people , . . . can see the mote in others' eyes but they can't see the beam in their own. (12.1237)
- And I belong to a race too, . . . that is hated and persecuted. Also now. This very moment. This very instant. (12.1467)
- Love, . . . I mean the opposite of hatred. (12.1485)
- Mendelssohn was a jew and Karl Marx and Mercadante and Spinoza. And the Saviour was a jew and his father a jew. Your God. (12.1804)
(Episode.Line numbers in brackets above are according to the Critical Edition of Ulysses by H. W. Gabler, 1986)
. . . 2. Illustrations:
- Watercolours by Catherine Meyer
- Historial photograph of Barney Kiernan's pub in Dublin, reproduced courtesy of Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
3. Link to
- The lyrics of the poem, The Memory of the Dead, by John K. Ingram (1823-1907)
- The speech of Robert Emmet, a member of the United Irishmen, leader of an ill-fated rebellion in Dublin. The speech was given after the death sentence was pronounced by a British Court against Emmet.
And much more!
Odysseus tells the story of his escaping the Lotus-Eaters, and then landing at the island of Cyclops, the one-eyed giants, where he encounters and blinds Polyphemus, the strongest among them, to King Alcinous, father of Nausicaa, in Book IX of Odyssey.
James Joyce's Ulysses:
Joyce used the name Cyclops to refer to the 12th episode/chapter of his Ulysses. It takes place in Barney Kiernan's pub on Little Britain Street. This episode bears the closest similarity in the entire novel to Homer's Odyssey. There are parallels between the citizen Bloom meets in the pub and Polyphemus, and between the biscuit box thrown by the citizen and the rock thrown by Polyphemus. There are numerous references to the 'eye' in the singular form hinting at the one-eyed giants. The gigantism of the entire episode must also. be compared with the gigantic inhabitants of the island of Cyclops. The happenings in the pub including the serious altercation between the citizen and Bloom are narrated by an eyewitness, known as the narrator. His account alternates with parodic interpolations. In all there are 31 such interpolations.
It is 5 p.m.
Selected Highlights of Episode 12 in Ulysses for the Uninitiated:
1. Sayings from Ulysses explored/explained:
- . . . and he waiting for what the sky would drop in the way of drink. (12.120)
- The figure seated on a large boulder ... was that of a broadshouldered deepchested stronglimbed . . . hero. (12.151)
- In the darkness spirit hands were felt to flutter and when prayer by tantras had been directed to the proper quarter . . . (12.338)
- . . . he was now on the path of pralaya or return but was still submitted to trial at the hands of certain bloodthirsty entities . . . (12.345)
- I'm told those jewies does have a sort of a queer door coming off them for dogs . . . (12.452)
- I'd train him by kindness, so I would, if he was my dog. (12.698)
- . . . the citizen scowling after him, and the old dog at his feet looking up to know who to bite and when. (12.1161)
- Some people , . . . can see the mote in others' eyes but they can't see the beam in their own. (12.1237)
- And I belong to a race too, . . . that is hated and persecuted. Also now. This very moment. This very instant. (12.1467)
- Love, . . . I mean the opposite of hatred. (12.1485)
- Mendelssohn was a jew and Karl Marx and Mercadante and Spinoza. And the Saviour was a jew and his father a jew. Your God. (12.1804)
(Episode.Line numbers in brackets above are according to the Critical Edition of Ulysses by H. W. Gabler, 1986)
. . . 2. Illustrations:
- Watercolours by Catherine Meyer
- Historial photograph of Barney Kiernan's pub in Dublin, reproduced courtesy of Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
3. Link to
- The lyrics of the poem, The Memory of the Dead, by John K. Ingram (1823-1907)
- The speech of Robert Emmet, a member of the United Irishmen, leader of an ill-fated rebellion in Dublin. The speech was given after the death sentence was pronounced by a British Court against Emmet.
And much more!
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