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While escaping, Odysseus taunts Polyphemus, revealing his real name.

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Q: In the odyssey what did Odysseus do wrong when he left the cyclops?
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In The Odyssey Odysseus left Penelope bound for what city?

Odysseus left Penelope bound for Troy.


Where did Odysseus go after he left the cyclopes?

After Odysseus "visits" the cyclops, he and his men go to the Land of the Dead.


Where was Odysseus home in The Odyssey?

Ithaca. He was the king there, and when he left on his odyssey he left behind his son and wife (Penelope).


Where does Odysseus go after he left the cyclops?

To the island Aeoli to see Aeolus god of the winds


What happend in the sirens in the odyssey?

Nothing, they were left behind by Odysseus and his sailors.


How many crewmen were left when Odysseus escaped the Cyclops?

6 of the original 12 crewmen were still alive when Odysseus escaped the Cyclops. They rejoined the remainder of the crew on their ship, and later the remaining men on the other 11 ships.


In the Odyssey book 9 what does Odysseus do when he have left the island of the cyclops?

After they leave the cyclopes' island, Odysseus takes his ships back to the neighboring island that they stopped at before (the one with really good land for farming but no seeds have been planted and lots of goats). They sacrifice the goat that Odysseus used to escape- Polyphemus' biggest ram. They sacrifice it to Zeus, but Zeus ignores it.


What prevented Odysseus and his men from leaving the cave after the cyclops left for the day?

the cyclops lays with his hands out feeling everything that walks by, and there is a huge rock as the door so that the men cant move it


How old is Telemachus at the start of The Odyssey?

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The main character in odyssey?

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What does Odysseyus give the Cyclops as a gift?

Odysseus give the cyclops fine wine. He needed to escape the lair with his men so they tried to intoxicate him. When he was finally inebriated they lulled him to sleep with a song and they blinded him with wooden spear they sharped. Successfully blinding him they left under the disguise of the wool bellies of the cyclops' sheep.


Why does polyphemus yell for the other cyclops to come help him?

He was screaming so the other Cyclopes would come over and help him. Instead they yelled back and asked him who was hurting him. Polyphemus says noman was hurting him, (Noman was the name Odysseus gave him). The other Cyclopes thought Polyphemus meant no one was hurting him, so they left. Odyssey book 9