In a notorious epic poem known as The Odyssey, the main character, Odysseus, faced severe consequences for being arrogant after escaping the One-Eyed Giant’s Cave. Before embarking on his journey home, Odysseus proclaimed his identity to the monster. Fueled with anger, the monster called out to his father,
Hear me Poseidon, god of the sea-blue mane who rocks the earth! If I really am your son and you claim to be my father - come, grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, Laertes’ son who makes his home in Ithaca, never reaches home. Or if he’s fated to see his people once again and reach his well-built house and his own native country, let him come home late and come a broken man - all shipmates lost, alone in a stranger’s ship - and let him find a world of pain at home (Homer, 229).
The monster prays that Poseidon will get revenge on Odysseus by making his expedition difficult. Eventually, Poseidon answered his prayer by placing a numerous amount of obstacles in the way of his journey home. In resumption, Odysseus allowed feelings of over-confidence to plague his mind after his grand escape. Hence, this caused him to make a grave mistake of telling the monster his name, leading to the death of his crew members and a failure to reach his home on