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The dangers of excessive pride:

Odysseus strategizes a way to defeat the cyclops (Polyphemus) despite its extreme strength. He identifies himself as Nobody and blinds the cyclops. Once injured, the cyclops wails that nobody has attacked him. Yet the defeat is not enough for Odysseus. He taunts the cyclops once his men are freed from the cave by revealing his true identify.

Coincidentally, Poseidon, the god who hinders Odysseus return to Ithaca, is also the father of the cyclops. As a result, Poseidon sends a storm, and Odysseus experiences great suffering before finally returning home.

Had Odysseus maintained a humble perspective after the defeat of the cyclops, he possibly would have returned home years sooner.

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