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They were cyclopes (I presume you have read book IX).
He told the cyclopes that his name was "Noman".
When Hermes arrived on Cyclopes Odysseus was crying of homesickness.
Polyphemus lived on an island off of the land of the Cyclopes. His home was a cave on the island. Homer does not give a name to the lands; it is just called the land of the Cyclopes.
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Odysseus tricked Polythemus by telling him that his name was "Nohbdy." When Polythemus shouted for help, he yelled "Help, NOHBDY has blinded me." When the other cyclopes heard that NOBODY had hurt him, they laughed and went back to their own business.
The Roman name for Cyclopes (Singular: Cyclops) would be: Race of the one eyed giants.
Polyphemus
Cyclopes is the plural form of Cyclops
Odyesseus tells the cyclopes that his name is nohbody, and the cyclopes yells "nohbody has blinded me!" That made the other cyclopes' think that all was well. :)
At this point in the story, where is Ulysses and his men?
in the odyssey, odysseus show cleverness in many ways. He show cleverness when on the island with the cyclopes. With the cyclopes killing his men odyssues must fin a way to keep most of his men alive. So he gets the cyclopes drunk with wine and telling him he is nohbody. then when the cyclopes falls asleep odysseus staps the cyclopes in the eye. When he escapes the cyclpose he makes him look stupid making the cyclopes scream "nohbody did this Nohbody did this!"