Why? Because the Cyclopes was going to eat them. :)
Odysseus and 6 of his 12 men escape from the cyclops Polyphemus' cave.
Only 6 of the original 12 men return with Odysseus from Polyphemus' cave.
hiding under his flock of sheep.
hide under polyphemuss sheeps
Under the sheep.
The cave that Odysseus and his men found when they landed on the Island of the Cyclopes belongs to Polyphemus. Odysseus decided to stay in the cave until its owner returned. When Polyphemus returned and saw the intruders, he ate Odysseus' men.
. To escape, Odysseus ties himself and his men to the sheep of polyphemus and they escape with the herd. when the Cyclops touches around to find the men, the only thing he feels are sheep and so he does not become suspicious.
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They got trapped in a cave and many of them were eaten until Odysseus worked out a way to escape.
The cyclops had rolled a large rock to block the entrance of the cave. If Odysseus and his men killed Polyphemus, they would be trapped in the cave, unable to move the rock.
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.
Odysseus and his men walked into the cave during the day.