What is the significance of the following quotation What is the significance of the following quotation? Why does it matter that Odysseus told the Cyclops his name? "Cyclops, if any man on the face of the earth should ask you who blinded you, shamed you so, say Odysseus,raider of cities, he gouged out your eye, Laertes’ son, who makes his home in Ithaca!"

Hubris Noun Excessive pride or self-confidence, arrogance

Oops…spoke too soon

Journal Entry 3/10/10 When in your life have you spoken too soon, or let hubris overtake wisdom? What was the outcome of the story? Do your best to tell your tale in formal, elevated language similar to Homer’s, mirroring his poetic style. Throw in a Homeric simile for a few points of extra credit!

Around and around flew I, unknowing my fall was on its way. The ice, thick beneath me, concealed the danger of frozen water… As the sun longs to set free the sleeping blooms, blossoms, and bulbs of the cold ground as spring approaches, so the excited shriek from my heart slowly emerged from my mouth. “Are you frightened?” the deep timbre flowing over me asked. With a shake of my head, and a request for more, I spun, spun, spun. As the cold snow enveloped my face…