Oddesy defeated Polyphemus by stabbing him in the eye and blinding him while his friends and himself could escape.
poking out his eye.
Only 6 of the original 12 men return with Odysseus from Polyphemus' cave.
the men were in danger because Polyphemus in a blind rage was throwing large boulders at their ship
Odysseus blinded Polyphemus so that him and his men could escape.
Polyphemus was blinded by Odysseus and his men during their escape from the cyclops' cave. They heated a wooden stake and drove it into Polyphemus' single eye while he was asleep, blinding him and allowing the group to escape.
they poke out his eye.
The men can not escape because Polyphemus uses a huge boulder to block the entrance of the cave.
hiding under his flock of sheep.
Odysseus and his men escape Polyphemus' cave by cleverly deceiving the Cyclops. After blinding him with a sharpened wooden stake while he is drunk, they hide underneath the sheep as Polyphemus lets them out to graze. As they make their escape, Odysseus reveals his true identity to the blinded giant, provoking Polyphemus to curse him, which leads to further troubles for Odysseus on his journey home.
The men can not escape because Polyphemus uses a huge boulder to block the entrance of the cave.
Because Polyphemus would have killed them all if they had. Odysseus had to use his wits to think up a brillant plan (to blind the Cyclops first) in which he would be able to escape with most of his men.
The were being greedy