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Odysseus and his men escaped Polyphemus by using his sheep. The men hid on the underside of the sheep, and when Polyphemus let his sheep out into the pasture, they rode away.

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Did Odysseus and his men escape the cave of the cyclops?

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.


Odysseus and his men escape Polyphemus after?

poking out his eye.


How does Odysseus escape the cave?

. To escape, Odysseus ties himself and his men to the sheep of polyphemus and they escape with the herd. when the Cyclops touches around to find the men, the only thing he feels are sheep and so he does not become suspicious.


What atrocious thing does the cyclops do that horrifies Odysseus and his men?

That's easy, he eats Odysseus' men and they barely escape the island with their lives.


Why did Odysseus hurt the Cyclops?

Polyphemus, the cyclops, had trapped Odysseus and his men in his cave, and was going to eat them. He had already killed and consumed four of Odysseus' men when Odysseus managed to get him drunk and put out his eye with a hot pointed stick.


Why did Odysseus blind Polyphemus?

Odysseus blinded Polyphemus so that him and his men could escape.


How does Odysseus escape?

Odysseus escaped the Cyclops by offering him wine to drink. The Cyclops got drunk and passed out and Odysseus and his men then fled.


What do Odysseus and his men do to Polyphemus the cyclops before the escape?

they poke out his eye.


Why did Odysseus and his men escape the cave?

Why? Because the Cyclopes was going to eat them. :)


What happened when Odysseus and his men sailed by Scylla?

Odysseus successfully sailed his ship past Scylla and Charybdis, but Scylla managed to catch six of his men, devouring them alive.


How Odysseus and his men manage to escape?

Whilst the cyclops is drunk, Odysseus blinds him and then he and his men escape strapped under the bellies of Polyphemus' flock. He blinds the giant and the when the giant moves the stone door, Odysseus and his men hold the sheep above their heads. By doing this, the giant thinks the sheep are leaving.


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.