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Polyphemus cries out to his father for revenge. Based on this the reader can predict that
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Polyphemus cries out "Nohbdy, Nohbdy, tricked me, Nohbdy has blinded me!" This is a part of Odysseus' clever plan to escape from the cyclops. Polyphemus' scream leads the other cyclopes to believe that nobody harmed him, allowing Odysseus and his crew to escape unnoticed.
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What does Odysseus plan to do to polyphemus?
Odysseus constructs a large spear, and after lulling Polyphemus with wine, lunges it into his eye.
How Odysseus manages to escape death?
In The Cyclops, when he and his men are trapped in Polyphemus's cave, Odysseus stabs him in the eye to blind him. Once he is blinded he ties his men and himself to the Cyclops animals and when the Cyclops lets the animals outside they escape.
How does Odysseus overcome the cyclops?
he stabs cyclops in the eye!
What does Polyphemus reveal about his wounded eye?
Polyphemus reveals that his wounded eye was caused by Odysseus and his men when they pierced it with a sharpened wooden stake. This act led Polyphemus to seek revenge on Odysseus and his crew.
What does Odysseus do to keep Polyphemus from eating him?
well he didn't actually keep them from coming to see what Polyphemus was wailing about, what actually happen was, as you may know, he told Polyphemus his name was nobody to keep who he really was secret, this also help him as when Polyphemus's brothers ask him what was wrong, he replied 'nobody has blinded me'. his brothers thought he was being stupid and just went back to herding their flocks.
Who blinded Polyphemus?
Odysseus and his men blind Polyphemus' by driving a sharpened club into his eye.
Odysseus and his men escape Polyphemus after?
poking out his eye.
Explain how Polyphemus was blinded-?
Polyphemus was blinded by Odysseus and his men who drove a sharpened club into his eye.
Why does Odysseus have a long voyage home?
He stabs the eye of Polyphemus, the cyclops, Poseidon's son. This angers the god, who controls the sea...and he makes Odysseus' journey home from Troy meander for 10 years. He also spends 7 years on Calypso's island.
What is the character of the cyclops Polyphemus?
He is Poseidon's son and Odysseus blinds his eye by this Polyphemus crys to his father to avenge him and this causes Odysseus delays back home
How does Polyphemus get injured?
He was stabbed in the eye(his ONLY eye)by Odysseus,a Greek mythological hero.
Why does odysseus not kill polyphemus?
Odysseus did not have the ability to kill Polyphemus. He and his men waited until the giant cyclops fell asleep and drove a wooden stake through the softest spot on Polyphemus, his eye.
