to see what he and his crewmens can take from the cave but it backfires on them because the cyclops comes and is hostile towards them.
Odysseus and his men walked into the cave during the day.
Odysseus took his 12 best men and a goatskin of sweet black wine from the priest Maron to the cyclops cave.
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.
In the cyclops cave
Odysseus was curious about the type of men the Cyclops were.
Odysseus takes 12 of his best men with him to the cave of the Cyclops Polyphemus.
Odysseus took 12 of his strongest men into Polyphemus' cave.
Odysseus and his men walked into the cave during the day.
Odysseus' reaction is to enter the cave to see if anyone is home.
Odysseus took his 12 best men and a goatskin of sweet black wine from the priest Maron to the cyclops cave.
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.
In the Cyclops, Odysseus or Noman climbs into a cave.
Blinding the cyclops instead of killing it allows Odysseus and his men to escape undetected, as they can only be released from the cave by the cyclops. If they had killed the cyclops, they would have been trapped in the cave with no way out. Blinding the cyclops is a strategic move to ensure their own safety and freedom.
Odysseus describes the Cyclops' cave as vast, with a high ceiling and filled with milk pails and cheese. He mentions that the cave is well-stocked with supplies, showing the Cyclops' wealth.
Odysseus did not kill Polyphemus outright, because then he and his men would be trapped in the cave, blocked by the large boulder at the entrance of the cave.
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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.