He ate some of them by smashing them onto the stone floor.
The Cyclops ate Odysseus' men.
He ate Odysseus's men.
Polyphemus is the name of the giant cyclops that Odysseus and his men encounter.
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 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.
The cyclops Polyphemus imprisons Odysseus and his men because to him, the men are tasty.
In the Odyssey, the 72 men were killed by the Cyclops named Polyphemus. Odysseus and his crew became trapped in the Cyclops' cave, and to escape, they blinded Polyphemus. As a result, the enraged Cyclops killed some of Odysseus' men as they were leaving the island.
Odysseus was curious about the type of men the Cyclops were.
Odysseus and his men were trapped in the cave of the Cyclops Polyphemus for a total of two days. On the first day, Polyphemus captured them and ate some of Odysseus's men. On the second day, Odysseus devised a clever plan to escape by blinding the Cyclops, allowing him and his remaining men to flee.
The cyclops violates xenia by not offering hospitality to Odysseus and his men when they arrive on his island. Instead of welcoming them with food and shelter, the cyclops imprisons them in his cave and eats some of Odysseus's men. This goes against the customs of hospitality and guest-friendship.
That Cyclops will eat Odysseus last of the men.
Odysseus escaped the Cyclops by offering him wine to drink. The Cyclops got drunk and passed out and Odysseus and his men then fled.