Con means together, junction means to join, and tion means doing something.
So it means "the act of joining something together"
He is going to attack the cyclops by getting them drunk.
Explanation:
- The epic is about his ten-year struggle tand his wish to go home after the Trojan War. He battles mystical creatures and finally succeeds.
- Though Odysseus encounters beautiful scenery and people, he is sad and wants to go home and meet his parents. His crew raid rob and kill the Cyclops.
- In his expedition, the lotus-eaters posed threat to Odysseus. Those who ate the plant will choose to stay in that place and lose their hope of going home. So his crew members lost hope of going home.
- This shows Odysseus was a great leader and wanted to save his men. he took wine and twelve men and make the cyclopes drunk so he could fight and win.
I don't know any of the other similes because I have no idea what poem you read but here is the answer to what growing old like an onion could convey:
Onions are layered, as they grow more and more layers grow. This could mean that as Rachel grows, she gains more layers of knowledge and experiences and they keep layering over time as she grows.
