As immediate family piles into the SUV, mounds of luggage in the trunk, we begin to pull out of the driveway, all of our eyes beginning to droop. Three hours and counting, the first signs of cramps begin to hit. It starts in the lower shin, and begins to work up the leg until it hits your upper calf. Excruciating pain shoots through your body from lack of movement. If you are really lucky, both your feet will fall asleep, with no way to revive them. In The Odyssey, the very first challenge that Odysseus and his men have to face, is Polyphemus, Poseidon’s son, the Cyclops. Odysseus and his men get captured and trapped in Polyphemus’s cave, and must escape using their wit. Once they do escape, they are basically home free for the time being,