Because the cyclopes' father which was the god of sea would punish him or kill him if he did. So he escaped without killing him to be safe but the Cyclopes prays to his father to kill Odysseus. :)
he dosent kill him he blinds his eye
in chapter 8 when he was travaling the path and killed it
He merely poked his eye out, so they could escape.
When Hermes arrived on Cyclopes Odysseus was crying of homesickness.
He told the cyclopes that his name was "Noman".
he dosent kill him he blinds his eye
The Odysseus feelings about the Cyclopes is unbearable. The Odysseus is very graceful to the Cyclopes but he just doesn't understand.
in chapter 8 when he was travaling the path and killed it
He merely poked his eye out, so they could escape.
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When Hermes arrived on Cyclopes Odysseus was crying of homesickness.
He told the cyclopes that his name was "Noman".
Only the Cyclops contains to strength required to move the massive boulder that's blocking the exit. If Odysseus killed the Cyclops, then Odysseus and the men in the cavern will starve to death.
Boulders
The cyclopes and Poseidon
stabbing the cyclopes polyphemous
Odysseus gave Polyphemus a lot of wine