Aeolia and Telepylus

It's a relief to be away from the Cyclopes, that's for sure, but we haven't exactly been having a good time.

A week after leaving Sicily we landed in Aeolia. It's a great place!! I think I really bonded with Aeolus, the Keeper of the Winds. We had a great chat and he gave me a bag full of wind!

Which would have been fine, except that after we left I made the mistake of going down to take a nap, and the crew opened up the bag that the winds were in. All the winds escaped and blew us all the way back to Aeolia!

I thought it was kind of a good thing. I got another chance to catch up with Aeolus' daughter, Polymela. Nice girl - if you know what I mean (good thing Penelope doesn't read this blog!) I think she got in a bit of trouble with her dad actually... oh well, I'm sure he'll still let her marry her brother like she was meant to.

Anyway, Aeolus was kind of angry at me - for losing the winds, and also about his daughter - so we hurried on our way.

We ended up in the Laestrygonian city of Telepylus.

It was full of giants who ate pretty much all of us. My ship was the only one that made it through.

This journey home is a) taking too long and b) not fun at all. Even that stupid war was better than this!

Anyway, we're on Aeaea now, which will hopefully be uneventful. I'm just sending twelve or so men to investigate the island...

--Odysseus