he stabs the cyclops in the eye and then ties himself under the cyclopses sheep and they smuggle themselves out
Odysseus and his men walked into the cave during the day.
Odysseus and his men wait in the cyclops cave, as Odysseus is curious as to who the cyclops is. As Polyphemus brings in his sheep, he spots the men in the cave.
Odysseus took 12 men.
Odysseus was curious about the type of men the Cyclops were.
Only 6 of the original 12 men return with Odysseus from Polyphemus' cave.
Odysseus and his men walked into the cave during the day.
Odysseus and his men wait in the cyclops cave, as Odysseus is curious as to who the cyclops is. As Polyphemus brings in his sheep, he spots the men in the cave.
Odysseus took 12 of his strongest men into Polyphemus' cave.
Odysseus takes 12 of his best men with him to the cave of the Cyclops Polyphemus.
Odysseus took 12 men.
Odysseus and his men find the Cyclops Polyphemus in a cave. The Cyclops traps them inside and proceeds to eat some of the men before Odysseus devises a plan to blind Polyphemus and escape.
The cave that Odysseus and his men found when they landed on the Island of the Cyclopes belongs to Polyphemus. Odysseus decided to stay in the cave until its owner returned. When Polyphemus returned and saw the intruders, he ate Odysseus' men.
Blinding the cyclops instead of killing it allows Odysseus and his men to escape undetected, as they can only be released from the cave by the cyclops. If they had killed the cyclops, they would have been trapped in the cave with no way out. Blinding the cyclops is a strategic move to ensure their own safety and freedom.
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The Cyclops, Polyphemus, is inside the cave when Odysseus and his men enter.
Odysseus was curious about the type of men the Cyclops were.
Odysseus did not kill Polyphemus outright, because then he and his men would be trapped in the cave, blocked by the large boulder at the entrance of the cave.