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The cyclops begins eating Odysseus men, two per sitting. Odysseus and his men make a plan to escape, and get the cyclops drunk. They then stab Polyphemus in the eye blinding him, before escaping underneath the sheep.

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Whose island was Odysseus imprisoned on?

Odysseus was trapped in the cave of the cyclops in the cyclops island. He was later trapped for 7 years on Calypso's island.


Why does Odysseus blind instead of kill the cyclops when he has a chance?

The cyclops (Polyphemus) has Odysseus and his men trapped in a cave. There is a large stone covering the entrance to the cave that is too big for Odysseus and his men to move. If he kills the cyclops, they will not be able to get out of the cave.


What causes Odysseus and his men to be trapped in the cyclops cave?

the cyclops throws a big boulder that blocks the entrance.


How did Odysseus earn the anger of Neptune?

He blinded Poseidon's son, the Cyclops who trapped Odysseus and his crew in his 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)


What is a polyhphemus in The Odyssey?

Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon.He is one of the Cyclops and is blinded by Odysseus when he trapped them in his cave.


Why doesn't Odysseus kill cyclops when he is asleep?

Odysseus refrains from killing the Cyclops while he is asleep because the Cyclops is the only one who can move the large stone blocking the cave's entrance. If Odysseus were to kill the Cyclops while he slept, he and his men would be trapped in the cave with no way to escape. By keeping the Cyclops alive, Odysseus increases their chances of making a successful escape.


What happened to Odysseus and his men in the land of cyclops?

They got trapped in a cave and many of them were eaten until Odysseus worked out a way to escape.


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 does Odysseus hesitate to kill the cyclops when he first has the chance?

Odysseus hesitates to kill the cyclops because he knows that he needs the cyclops's strength to move the heavy boulder blocking the cave entrance. If he were to kill the cyclops without a plan to escape, he and his men would be trapped inside the cave with no way out.


Why doesnt odysseus kill cyclops?

The entrance to the cave of Polyphemus is blocked by a gigantic stone, that him and his entire crew couldn't move. If Polyphemus were to be killed, then his entire crew would be trapped in the cave.


Where does Odysseus meet the cyclops?

In the cyclops cave