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The men can not escape because Polyphemus uses a huge boulder to block the entrance of the cave.

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Why cant the men escape when the cyclops leaves the cave?

He blocks the entrance with a big stone


Who escaped from the cave of the Cyclops?

Odysseus and 6 of his 12 men escape from the cyclops Polyphemus' cave.


Why can't the men escape when the cyclops leaves the cave?

The men can not escape because Polyphemus uses a huge boulder to block the entrance of the cave.


Where did Odysseus hide his men under to escape the cyclops cave?

Under the sheep.


How Odysseus manages to escape death?

In The Cyclops, when he and his men are trapped in Polyphemus's cave, Odysseus stabs him in the eye to blind him. Once he is blinded he ties his men and himself to the Cyclops animals and when the Cyclops lets the animals outside they escape.


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.


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.


In mythologly Odysseus and his men escape the cave of the cyclops polyphermus when they make him drunk and blind him?

yes


How did Odysseus escape from the cave?

He and his men stabbed the cyclops in the eye and crawled out covered in sheep hydes so the cyclops would think they were just his livestock and not kill them.


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.


Why didn't Odysseus kill the cyclops after it are two of his men?

Odysseus chose not to kill the cyclops after it ate two of his men because he realized that the cyclops was the only one who could move the massive boulder blocking the cave's entrance, enabling his escape with his remaining men. By blinding the cyclops instead of killing him, Odysseus was able to achieve his goal of escaping the cave.


What prevented Odysseus and his men from leaving the cave after the cyclops left for the day?

the cyclops lays with his hands out feeling everything that walks by, and there is a huge rock as the door so that the men cant move it