“Poseidon’s Curse” or “The Hubris of Odysseus” picks up on what essentially structures Homer’s entire narrative of Odysseus’ journey home after the end of the Trojan War. Poseidon curses Odysseus at the request of his son Polyphemus, a cyclops whom Odysseus blinded and mocked and to whom he foolishly revealed his identity. This behavior was considered excessively arrogant, an insult to the gods, and the curse caused Odysseus to reach his hometown of Ithaca only after ten years. The work depicts the scene in which Poseidon rises from the sea and curses Odysseus, although in this more recent representation, the raft on which Odysseus and his companions were traveling has been replaced by a sailing yacht. Significantly, the name of the ship is “Odyssey” (printed on the sail in ancient Greek).