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How was that Ulysses and his men were able to escape from polyphemus?
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Oddesy defeated Polyphemus by stabbing him in the eye and blinding him while his friends and himself could escape.
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Why did Odysseus blind Polyphemus?
Odysseus blinded Polyphemus as a strategic move to escape from the cyclops' cave. By blinding him, Odysseus made it easier to outsmart Polyphemus and his fellow cyclopes, enabling his crew to escape.
Odysseus and his men escape Polyphemus after?
poking out his eye.
How many men escape Polyphemus' cave?
Only 6 of the original 12 men return with Odysseus from Polyphemus' cave.
What causes the men danger as they escape from Polyphemus?
the men were in danger because Polyphemus in a blind rage was throwing large boulders at their ship
Why do Odysseus men not kill Polyphemus the first time he kills one of their men?
Odysseus' men do not kill Polyphemus the first time he kills one of their men because they fear retaliation due to the giant's strength and power. They also worry that they would be unable to move the massive boulder blocking the cave entrance, leaving them trapped inside and unable to escape. Additionally, they hope to outsmart Polyphemus by planning a way to blind him and escape.
What do Odysseus and his men do to Polyphemus the cyclops before the escape?
they poke out his eye.
Why can't the men escape when the Cyclops the cave?
The men can not escape because Polyphemus uses a huge boulder to block the entrance of the cave.
How do Odysseus and his men escape Polyphemus' cave?
hiding under his flock of sheep.
Why can't the men escape when the cyclops leaves the cave?
The men can not escape because Polyphemus uses a huge boulder to block the entrance of the cave.
Who are ullyses and polyphemus?
Ulysses (also called Odysseus), the man of many turns, was the craftiest of all the Greeks who fought at Troy. After the destruction of Troy, it took Ulysses ten years to get back home to Ithaca. He had many adventures on his journey. One of the very earliest was his encounter with the cyclops (one eyed giant) Polyphemus, who kept Ulysses and several of his men prisoner in his cave for a few days, using some of them as food. Ulysses came up with an escape plan: he got the cyclops drunk and when he had fallen asleep, Ulysses and his surviving men put out his single eye with a sharpened wooden pole. Mad with pain but robbed of his sight, the cyclops was unable to capture and crush them, so he finally had to give up. During the night, Ulysses tied some of the cyclops' sheep together side by side in groups of three. In the morning, when Polyphemus rolled away the giant boulder that blocked the exit from his cave to lead his flock out to pasture, Ulysses and his men were able to escape by holding on to the belly of the middle sheep in each group, since the cyclops, thinking they might use the sheep to get away, only felt the animals' backs. After the small group had finally made it back to the ship, however, Ulysses could not resist mocking the cyclops and telling him who had blinded him thus. Polyphemus then called upon his father Poseidon to lay a curse on Ulysses, which was the cause of all the subsequent disasters that befell the hero.
How does odysseus trick polyphemus?
Odysseus defeats Polyphemus by tricking him to drink a heavy wine with made him fall into a deep sleep; after that Odysseus and his men stuck the cyclops's own club into his eye so he would not be able to see the warriors escape.
Why is Polyphemus able to capture Odysseus and his men?
The were being greedy
