In a field looking after his sheep
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 and his men walked into the cave during the day.
Odysseus was curious about the type of men the Cyclops were.
Odysseus and 6 of his 12 men escape from the cyclops Polyphemus' cave.
The Cyclops, Polyphemus, is inside the cave when Odysseus and his men enter.
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.
Odysseus took 12 men.
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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.
Odysseus takes 12 of his best men with him to the cave of the Cyclops Polyphemus.
The Cyclops Polyphemus starts a conversation with Odysseus and his men, asking who they are, where they are from, and what they are doing in his cave.
Odysseus rode underneath a ram, out of Polyphemus' cave.