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Who is polyphemos?
Polyphemos is the cyclops in the epic, The Odyssey, who is stabbed by Odysseus in the eye to get out of the cave they are trapped in because of this cyclops(Polyphemos)
How does odysseus defeat the cyclops according to homer?
Odysseus carves the end of Polyphemos' club into a point and hardens it in the fire. He then waits until the cyclops returns in which he then gives him pure wine so that Polyphemos will pass out. After the cyclops is a sleep Odysseus and his men stab Polyphemos in the eye and to escape from the cave, Odysseus ties his men to the bottom of Polyphemos' sheep and wait until Polyphemos release his sheep out.
How was Odysseus's escape an insult polyphemos?
odysseus continually boasted as he left the island of the cyclopes that his name was odysseus and he was from ithica and that he had beaten polyphemos at his own game. this pissed off polyphemos and made him pray to his daddy poseidon that odysseus would never make it home.
Which encounter do Odysseus and his men have before polyphemos?
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What plan did Odysseus contrive to divert polyphemos?
Odysseus devised a clever plan to escape from the Cyclops Polyphemos by first getting him drunk on wine and then telling him that his name was "Nobody." When Polyphemos fell asleep, Odysseus and his men blinded him with a sharpened stake. When the other Cyclopes came to his aid, Polyphemos could only say that "Nobody" was hurting him, allowing Odysseus and his crew to escape undetected by hiding under the sheep as they left the cave.
Who is polyphemos?
Polyphemos is the cyclops in the epic, The Odyssey, who is stabbed by Odysseus in the eye to get out of the cave they are trapped in because of this cyclops(Polyphemos)
How does odysseus defeat the cyclops according to homer?
Odysseus carves the end of Polyphemos' club into a point and hardens it in the fire. He then waits until the cyclops returns in which he then gives him pure wine so that Polyphemos will pass out. After the cyclops is a sleep Odysseus and his men stab Polyphemos in the eye and to escape from the cave, Odysseus ties his men to the bottom of Polyphemos' sheep and wait until Polyphemos release his sheep out.
How was Odysseus's escape an insult polyphemos?
odysseus continually boasted as he left the island of the cyclopes that his name was odysseus and he was from ithica and that he had beaten polyphemos at his own game. this pissed off polyphemos and made him pray to his daddy poseidon that odysseus would never make it home.
Which encounter do Odysseus and his men have before polyphemos?
ii
What plan did Odysseus contrive to divert polyphemos?
Odysseus devised a clever plan to escape from the Cyclops Polyphemos by first getting him drunk on wine and then telling him that his name was "Nobody." When Polyphemos fell asleep, Odysseus and his men blinded him with a sharpened stake. When the other Cyclopes came to his aid, Polyphemos could only say that "Nobody" was hurting him, allowing Odysseus and his crew to escape undetected by hiding under the sheep as they left the cave.
Who was odysseus nemesis?
The arch enemny of Odysseus was Poseidon since he blinded his son Polyphemos
Who threw a mountain on Odysseus in Odyssey?
Polyphemos threw the hill at Odysseus, because Odysseus blinded him, escaped his cave, and then threw insults at him from his escape-ship. Polyphemos then begged his father, the god Poseidon, to stop Odysseus from reaching Ithaka at all costs, which is why Poseidon hates Odysseus.
How does Polyphemos hope to avenge his injury from Odysseus?
by trying to kill him
How does Polyphemos hope to avenge injury from Odysseus?
by trying to kill him
Why did they go into polyphemos' cave?
Odysseus went into the cave to find food for his crew. His crew also went into the cave for shelter.
What enables Polyphemos to call down a curse upon Odysseus?
The Cyclops Polyphemos is the son of Poseidon. When Ployphemos is wounded, thwarted, and mocked by Odysseus, he calls out to his father for vengeance. Thus bringing a curse from Poseidon down upon the head of Odysseus.
What was odysseus' fatal flaw?
Arrogance. The reason he invoked Poseidon's wrath was due to him revealing his name to Polyphemos. Polyphemos (a cyclops, if you don't remember) was not aware of who Odysseus was, since Odysseus had introduced himself as 'nobody'. However, his arrogance led him to reveal his name as he sailed away. Therefore, Polyphemos was able to tell Poseidon, his father, the name of the man who had wounded him. Which leads to Odysseus' famous wanderings.
