Odysseus cuts 6 feet off a green olive trunk that Polyphemus is intending to use for a staff. He tells his men to sharpen the trunk. Finally, Odysseus himself sharpens the wood to a sharp point. He then hides the giant wooden stake in the cave.
he got him drunk and stabbed him in the eye
The battle with the Cyclops.
The cyclops was already named Polyphemus. Odysseus did not name the cyclops.
Odysseus expects the cyclops to bear gifts to the travelers.
Odysseus did not kill the cyclops Polyphemus.
In the "Odyssey", Odysseus blinded the Cyclops Polyphemus with a red hot log.The cyclops that was blinded by Odysseus is Polyphemos.
In the cyclops cave
Cyclops asked Poseiden to add to Odysseus' fate.
The Cyclops ate Odysseus' men.
Odysseus was curious about the type of men the Cyclops were.
Odysseus did not tell the cyclops his name cyclops promised him a gift
hero faces many trials
Wine and food. The cyclops gets drunk, and then Odysseus stabs the cyclops in the eye with a sharpened log, then he gets away! Odysseus gives the cyclops 4 bowls of wine. As a parting gift, Odysseus and his men give the Cyclops a burning hole in its eye.