The ideas that Odysseus comes up with are not normal ideas; they are out of the box ideas that are borne from dire necessity. Note, that none of his crew had any ideas; it was Odysseus himself who needed to lead the men to safety.
Odysseus uses his cunning and intelligence to come up with a plan to blind the cyclops and trick him into letting him and his men escape. This resourcefulness allows Odysseus to outsmart the cyclops and successfully navigate through a dangerous situation.
he tells the cyclops that his name is nobody, he goes on the underbelly of goats to escape the cyclops, etc..
He told the cyclops his name was Noman so when the cyclops prays to poseidon, no man harmed him.
Odysseus simply offers the cyclops wine. The cyclops has never had wine, so has a low tolerance to alcohol.
in the poem "the odyssey," Odysseus himself trys to be clever and tells the cyclops his name is Nohbdy. so when they stabbed the cyclops' eye, the cyclops shouted nobody has done this to me! But, when Odysseus is on his way to leave the island, he gloats and says "it is i Odysseus!"
He doesn't. He the same reckless adventurer and clever trickster he always was.
Odysseus plays a trick on the Cyclops by blinding it, and by giving him a false name of No body. He tricks the cyclops by having the men tie sheep to them, so the cyclops wouldn't feel his men.Ê
Odysseus calls himself "Nobody" to trick the Cyclops Polyphemus in the Odyssey. This clever trick allows Odysseus to escape when he blinds Polyphemus and the other Cyclopes ask who harmed him. Polyphemus replies that "Nobody" has harmed him, so they do not come to his aid.
Odysseus uses his wiliness, cleverness, forethought, leadership, strength, mechanical aptitude, and improvisational skills to get away from the cyclops Polyphemus.
In 'The Odyssey' Odysseus foreshadows disaster concerning the Cyclops because of the foreboding he felt before he entered the cave, which made him bring the wine. He mentions about his ability to be clever and foolish, and he is both when dealing with the Cyclops.
Odysseus refrains from stabbing the cyclops with his sword because he realizes that by blinding the cyclops instead, he ensures his escape since the monster is the only one who can move the boulder blocking the cave's entrance. Blinding the cyclops allows Odysseus and his men to hide under the sheep and trick the cyclops when he checks for intruders.
His men tied themselves to the bellies of Polyphemus' sheep.