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He wanted gifts from Polyphemus, and to eat his food.
Odysseus and his men walked into the cave during the day.
Odysseus and his men wait in the cyclops cave, as Odysseus is curious as to who the cyclops is. As Polyphemus brings in his sheep, he spots the men in the cave.
Odysseus took 12 men.
Odysseus was curious about the type of men the Cyclops were.
He wanted gifts from Polyphemus, and to eat his food.
Odysseus and his men walked into the cave during the day.
Odysseus and his men wait in the cyclops cave, as Odysseus is curious as to who the cyclops is. As Polyphemus brings in his sheep, he spots the men in the cave.
Odysseus takes 12 of his best men with him to the cave of the Cyclops Polyphemus.
The Cyclops, Polyphemus, is inside the cave when Odysseus and his men enter.
Odysseus took 12 of his strongest men into Polyphemus' cave.
Odysseus took 12 men.
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Odysseus and his men find the Cyclops Polyphemus in a cave. The Cyclops traps them inside and proceeds to eat some of the men before Odysseus devises a plan to blind Polyphemus and escape.
Odysseus was curious about the type of men the Cyclops were.
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.
Only 6 of the original 12 men return with Odysseus from Polyphemus' cave.