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He didn't give him anything- in ancient Greek mythology, he captured Odysseus and his crew after their ship is wrecked in a storm and washed up on the island where he lived. The Cyclops is cannibalistic in his habits and kills and devours more than one of Odysseus's men, but he also has a treasured flock of sheep that he jealously guards. Odysseus tricks the Cyclops into getting drunk to the point of passing out from intoxication- when he is unconscious, Odysseus blinds the Cyclops's single eye with a red-hot iron, then kill his herd of sheep and clads himself and his crew in their fleeces. Upon awakening and finding himself blind, the Cyclops flies into a fury and seeks to find and kill Odysseus, but because he can no longer see, he has to go by touch, and cannot tell the fleece-clad Odyssesus and his crew, from his own flock of sheep, enabling them to sneak out quietly and escape when the Cyclops gets confused.

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What is the name of the cyclops that Odysseus and men run into?

Polyphemus is the name of the giant cyclops that Odysseus and his men encounter.


When the giant cyclops asked Odysseus of his name what name did Odysseus give to him?

Odysseus told the giant cyclops Polyphemus that his name was "Nobody." This clever ruse allowed Odysseus to outsmart Polyphemus later when he blinded him; when the other cyclopes came to investigate Polyphemus's cries for help, he could only say that "Nobody" was hurting him, leading them to leave him alone.


What does cyclops give Odysseus as a gift?

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What does Odysseus give the Cyclops the gift?

Wine and food. The cyclops gets drunk, and then Odysseus stabs the cyclops in the eye with a sharpened log, then he gets away! Odysseus gives the cyclops 4 bowls of wine. As a parting gift, Odysseus and his men give the Cyclops a burning hole in its eye.


How does Odysseus treat the cyclops?

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How did Odysseus and his men blind the cyclops?

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


Why does Odysseus wait for the cyclops to return home?

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When Cyclops asks Odysseus' name what name does Odysseus give?

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What does Odysseus gives the cyclops as a gift?

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Does the cyclops have a weakness?

In Greek mythology, the cyclops Polyphemus was blinded by Odysseus as a weakness. Polyphemus was a giant with a single eye in the middle of his forehead and he was outwitted by Odysseus by blinding him to escape from his cave.


What gift does the cyclops give in return?

The cyclops gives a shepherd's staff as a return gift to Odysseus.


When the giant Cyclops asked Odysseus his name what name did Odysseus give to him?

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