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The gods changed his race as a curse for his arrogance.
Poseidon tried to punish Odysseus by laying a curse on him, saying that he (Odysseus) would never set foot on Ithaca without divine intervention (help from the gods).
That he is going to eat them
Polyphemus calls upon his father Poseidon to curse Odysseus.
At first, Polyphemus sees Odysseus and his men as harmless delicacies. However, after he is blinded, he is enraged at Odysseus and his men, enough to curse them in the name of his father.