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Why is Odysseus disguised when they blind the cyclops?

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Odysseus hid underneath the sheep that were fleeing the cave, since the Cyclops blocked the exit and was feeling everything that was leaving the cave, Odysseus was able to hide under and flee without being discovered.

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What does Odysseus do the the cyclops?

Odysseus blind the Cyclops. The way he does this, is that he had seen some large logs burning in the cave. So, Odysseus and his crew had managed to lift up one of the logs and shove the burning end of the log into the eye of the Cyclops, which does NOT kill him, but does blind him.


What does Odysseus do to the cyclops?

Odysseus blind the Cyclops. The way he does this, is that he had seen some large logs burning in the cave. So, Odysseus and his crew had managed to lift up one of the logs and shove the burning end of the log into the eye of the Cyclops, which does NOT kill him, but does blind him.


Who foretells that Odysseus will blind the Cyclops?

Telemus, son of Eurymus, foretold to Polyphemus that Odysseus would one day blind him.


How do Odysseus and his men hurt the Cyclops?

They poke him in his only eye and blind him.


How did Odysseus and his men blind the cyclops?

Odysseus blinds the cyclopes by putting a giant stick in his one eye.


What does Odysseus do after he escapes the Cyclops cave?

They all run to their ship and sail away. Odysseus can't help mocking the now blind Cyclops and they get a few boulders thrown at them for his pride.


How Odysseus manages to escape death?

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.


Why does Odysseus blind cyclops rather than kill him?

Odysseus blinds the cyclops rather than kills him because he needs the cyclops to move the stone slab blocking the doorway, because it is too heavy to move himself.


Were cyclops blind?

No, they had one eye. Odysseus and his men ran a pole into the only eye of Polyphemus, so he went blind.


What do Odysseus and his men find in a cave?

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.


What plan does Odysseus begin to form while trapped in the cyclops cave?

Odysseus plans to blind the cyclops Polyphemus by sharpening a large stake and then use it to incapacitate him. He tells the cyclops his name is "Nobody" so that when Polyphemus screams for help, the other Cyclopes will believe that "Nobody" is hurting him. This clever plan allows Odysseus and his men to escape the cave.


In mythologly Odysseus and his men escape the cave of the cyclops polyphermus when they make him drunk and blind him?

yes