The Cyclops Saga

The Cyclops Saga is the second chapter in Epic: The Musical. It consists of 4 songs that serve as a continuation from the Troy Saga. It was the second Album of Epic to be released on the 27th of January 2023 and gathered almost 2 million streams on Spotify in less than 6 days.

Songs

 * 1) Polyphemus
 * 2) Survive
 * 3) Remember Them
 * 4) My Goodbye

Plot
The story picks up in the cave of Polyphemus where the crew find a large flock of sheep that are enough to feed the entire crew. Polites and Eurylochus are impressed while Odysseus remains suspicious as to why the Winions would pass up on all this food.

It is at this moment that the cyclops Polyphemus enters and proceeds to threaten the crew with death for killing his favourite sheep. Odysseus proposes a trade instead, he bargains for their lives in exchange for the finest wine and offers the cyclops a sip. Polyphemus having no mercy tells Odysseus that for his gift he will be the last to die before an epic boss battle ensues between The Cyclops and the soldiers who fight for their lives. The battle seems to be going in their favor until Polyphemus reveals that he has a club and proceeds to massacre a large number of Odysseus' men. The cyclops eventually faints due to the Lotus fruit Odysseus' slips into his wine but not before having killed a sizable fraction of the army including Polites.

Odysseus commands his soldiers to use their swords to carve the club into a spear and stab the cyclops in the eye. The pain of the wound causes Polyphemus to cry out which catches the attention of the other Cyclops nearby. The crew hides as the other cyclopes ask Polyphemus who hurt him to which he replies "Nobody" which is the name Odysseus gave him earlier in the story. The cyclopes tell Polyphemus to be silent if nobody hurts him and leave allowing Odysseus and his crew to make their escape.

Athena shows up then to tell Odysseus that he must kill the cyclopes before he leaves but Odysseus refuses and chooses mercy over vengeance. The crew then make their escape after Odysseus curses the cyclopes for not choosing mercy and tells the cyclops his true name. Athena scolds Odysseus for his reckless behavior and for showing mercy before choosing to walk away from him and abandoning him to his journey home.

Reference

 * 1) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvayv7u6HrpENlleXekJ2fg
 * 2) https://www.tiktok.com/@jorgeherrans?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
 * 3) https://www.epicthemusical.com/
 * 4) https://curtaincallbway.com/2023/01/03/get-to-know-epic-the-troy-saga-the-new-viral-musical-hit/