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Odysseus called out to Polyphemus that he was the one who blinded him as a tactical move to boast and reveal his identity. This was a strategic decision by Odysseus to show his cunning and attempt to gain favor with the Cyclops. However, it ultimately led to further conflict and challenges for Odysseus and his crew.

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What was Odysseus reasoning as he called out to Polyphemus that he Odysseus was the one who put out his eye?

Odysseus wanted to taunt and provoke Polyphemus for his cruel treatment of him and his men. By revealing his identity, Odysseus was claiming credit for outsmarting the giant and showing his bravery. Additionally, Odysseus hoped to undermine Polyphemus's sense of invincibility and incite him to seek revenge, leading to an opportunity for escape.


What does Odysseus do that is foolish?

Odysseus throws the eye of the greys into the ocean (I think).


What was Odysseus reasoning as he called out to polyohemus that he Odysseus was the one who put out his eye?

Not knowing the parentage of Polyphemus (his father was Poseidon, who was already upset with Odysseus), and being a proud man, he probably thought that there was nothing that Polyphemus could do to him once he was on his boat. He was wrong, of course.


Who stabbed the cyclops in the eye?

Odysseus stabbed the cyclops in the eye. but before that he befriended the Cyclops and when he asked Odysseus his name ha said "NOBDY". When Odysseus stabbed the cyclops in the eye the cyclops move the boulder and said to the other Cyclops's " Help help NOBDY stabbed me in the eye."


What does Odysseus plan to do to polyphemus?

Odysseus constructs a large spear, and after lulling Polyphemus with wine, lunges it into his eye.


How does Polyphemus get injured?

He was stabbed in the eye(his ONLY eye)by Odysseus,a Greek mythological hero.


Odysseus and his men escape Polyphemus after?

poking out his eye.


How does Odysseus overcome the cyclops?

he stabs cyclops in the eye!


How did Odysseus and his men blind the cyclops?

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


Why does Poseidon again create havoc for Odysseus and his men?

Odysseus stabbed the Cyclops (Poseidon's son) in the eye.


What does Odysseus gives the cyclops as a 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.


What does cyclops give Odysseus as a 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.