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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.
When Polyphemus first spies Odysseus and his men in the cave, he starts a conversation with them, asking who they are, what they are doing there, and where they have come from.
Odysseus had to defeat the Polyphemus.
Polyphemus finds Odysseus' men tasty.
Polyphemus was the son of Poseidon, who hated Odysseus. Polyphemus knew nothing of Odysseus until he found Odysseus and his men in Polyphemus' cave, although he was once told by the sage Telemus that he would be blinded someday by a man named Odysseus.
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 blinded Polyphemus as a strategic move to escape from the cyclops' cave. By blinding him, Odysseus made it easier to outsmart Polyphemus and his fellow cyclopes, enabling his crew to escape.
When Polyphemus first spies Odysseus and his men in the cave, he starts a conversation with them, asking who they are, what they are doing there, and where they have come from.
Odysseus had to defeat the Polyphemus.
By hiding under the cyclop's sheep. On the underside of Polyphemus' sheep. When Polyphemus let his sheep out into the pasture, Odysseus and the remaining crew rode out with the sheep. Odysseus gives Polyphemus a false name and then Odysseus and the men find a large olive stump and sharpen it into a massive spear. They then hide it and then Odysseus and the men feed Polyphemus wine until he is drunk and then they Odysseus and the men spear Polyphemus' eye, blinding him and then Odysseus and the men hide underneath the sheep, with Odysseus hiding beneath the largest ram.
Polyphemus finds Odysseus' men tasty.
Odysseus' men do not kill Polyphemus the first time he kills one of their men because they fear retaliation due to the giant's strength and power. They also worry that they would be unable to move the massive boulder blocking the cave entrance, leaving them trapped inside and unable to escape. Additionally, they hope to outsmart Polyphemus by planning a way to blind him and escape.
Polyphemus was the son of Poseidon, who hated Odysseus. Polyphemus knew nothing of Odysseus until he found Odysseus and his men in Polyphemus' cave, although he was once told by the sage Telemus that he would be blinded someday by a man named Odysseus.
Odysseus claimed that he and his men had been shipwrecked. He said this to hide the location of his ship from Polyphemus.
he treats him very bad he doesnt like him nobody likes odysseus he is a loser polyphemus ate his men polyphemus is cool
Odysseus and his men blinded Polyphemus, but did not kill him.
Odysseus defeats Polyphemus by tricking him to drink a heavy wine with made him fall into a deep sleep; after that Odysseus and his men stuck the cyclops's own club into his eye so he would not be able to see the warriors escape.