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Why does Odysseus and his men make wine and offer it to the captor?
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∙ 7y ago
To get the one-eyed cyclops drunk, so that they could eventually escape.
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What does Odysseus offer the cyclops?
Wine and Food off of his ship!
What did Odysseus offer the cyclops before putting out the cyclops' eye?
he offers him some wine and the cyclops accepts it.
Where does Odysseus get the wine that he gave to the cyclops from?
Maron: a priest of Apollo who gives Odysseus a gift of powerful wine
Why did Odysseus originally want to stay in the cave?
The wine
What offer is made by eurymachus to stave off Odysseus' attack?
He offers him all of the food and wine that the suitors ate and drank in return for their lives.
What was the drink that Odysseus gave to the cyclopes?
Odysseus gave Polyphemus a lot of wine
How does Odysseus make that the cyclops falls into deep sleep?
he gives him undiluted wine to drink with dinner (considered savage behavior). too much wine and cylops passes out!
How does Odysseus trick Polyphemus into getting drunk?
Odysseus simply offers the cyclops wine. The cyclops has never had wine, so has a low tolerance to alcohol.
How does Odysseus get Polyphemus to fall asleep?
Odysseus gets Polyphemus to fall asleep by giving him wine that causes him to become drunk. Odysseus then takes advantage of this opportunity to blind Polyphemus while he is sleeping.
What gift does the Cyclops promise Odysseus for special wine?
That Cyclops will eat Odysseus last of the men.
How did Odysseus use his metis in confrontation with the cyclops?
he uses metis by giving him wine to make him sleep and then by blinding him with hot timbers,
How does Odysseus escape?
Odysseus escaped the Cyclops by offering him wine to drink. The Cyclops got drunk and passed out and Odysseus and his men then fled.
