HOMER'S THE ODYSSEY: PART II

Back at it again — bored at court, Odysseus, king of Ithaca, sets out to prove his prowess to a whole new generation of suitors and re-win the hand of Penelope. It's all on the line for Eupeithes, father of slain Antinous, who vows revenge for his dead son and allies with Poseidon, father of cyclops Polyphemus, likewise slain, and who has likewise vowed revenge for his dead son. Together, they vow double revenge for their dead sons, but their grief also bonds them - their differences only serving to clarify their similarities, rather than obscure them! - but they also remain committed to destroying Odysseus who, his back to the wall, has no choice but to team up with the terrible Scylla, monster of the seas. But this time there's two Scyllas: she has a daughter now. And the daughter is the same age as Odysseus — and she's beautiful. It all comes to a head in a miasma of blood and soiled virtue. But whose?