Odysseus used his wisdom and cunning to hatch a plan. When he was asked for his name he said his name ws nobody. Then‚ he got Polyphemus drunk and waited for him to fall asleep. Next‚ declaring revenge for his comrades he and his crew stabbed the cyclop’s eye.When the other cyclopes came over to see what was going on Polyphemus said nobody was there. Finally‚ when Polyphemus opened the door‚ gigantic boulder‚ Odysseus and his crew hid underneath the sheep and made it back to the ship. In this scene
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Books IX and XVI‚ "Nohbdy’s Smarter". Odysseus escapes the Kyklops using mainly his wits in Book IX. He visits the island with several of his men‚ and discover Polyphemus‚ a “brute so huge...he seemed rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude” (IX.203‚ 206). Hoping that he is benevolent‚ the men wait in Polyphemus’ cave‚ but Polyphemus eats two of Odysseus’ men. The remaining men escape from the
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gives him a taste of wine over and over until Polyphemus falls asleep. While he’s asleep the crew and Odysseus crafts a spear which they use to pierce the cyclops eye which abruptly wakes him up
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home. Also in the Odyssey‚ after escaping from Polyphemus‚ after he can just leave it as is. He yells out that his name is Odysseus and is from Ithaca‚ and this causes Polyphemus to send a prayer
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relationships with Cyclops Polyphemus‚ the sorceress Circe‚ and Alcinous‚ King of Phaecia. Initially‚ Odysseus shows immaturity as he encounters Polyphemus as a guest on his island. After Odysseus and his crew defeat Polyphemus and escape from his cave‚ they rush onto their ship‚ ready to set sail. However‚ Odysseus “call[s] back to the Cyclops‚ stinging taunts” (IX‚ 530) and childishly throwing insults. Odysseus shows immaturity by showing disrespect and behaving rudely towards Polyphemus‚ his host. As Odysseus
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Book 9 of The Odyssey‚ Ody travels to the Island of Cyclops’s and finds himself in a cave filled with cheese and milk. Soon after he and his men devour the cheese‚ the resident of the cave reveals himself to Ody‚ a gigantic one-eyed cyclops named Polyphemus. Relying on xenia‚ Ody tells the cyclops‚ “we’re at your knees in hopes of a warm welcome‚ even a guest-gift‚ the sort that hosts
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law of Xenia is broken‚ quite a few of those belong in book nine of the Odyssey‚ in which Odysseus and his men are lured into a Cyclops’ cave in which the owner‚ Polypheus‚ is angered and doesn’t care about the law of Xenia. One example in which Polyphemus breaks Xenia is‚ when
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In the section of the Cyclops‚ Odysseus and his men stop to rest on an island inhabited by the Cyclops‚ Polyphemus. The crew discovered the Cyclops’s cave and decided to stay‚ not knowing it was Polyphemus’s cave. When the Cyclops returned to his cave Odysseus expects Polyphemus to present him with gifts or else Zeus will rain his wrath upon Polyphemus. Consequently‚ Polyphemus becomes angered‚ snaches two of Odesseus’s men and devours them for dinner. The cyclops rolls a massive stone over
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throughout his journey‚ Odysseus makes many decisions‚ which proves that he controls his fate and is not a puppet of the gods. His decision to return to Aeaea‚ his failure to keep watch of his crew at Thrinacia‚ and the revealing of his identity to Polyphemus are all moments when Odysseus is the master of his own fate. One argument in favor of Odysseus controlling his own destiny occurs when he makes a major decision that affects his journey‚ to return to Circe’s Island‚ Aeaea. In the episode of the
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the Cyclops named Polyphemus ate some of his men. So Odysseus gives Polyphemus the strong wine he brought him. “ Tell me‚ how are you called”(906) Polyphemus says and Odysseus says “ Cyclops‚ you ask my honorable name? Remember the gift you promised me‚ and I shall tell you. My name is Nohbdy: mother‚ father‚ and friends‚ everyone calls me Nohbdy” (906). When Odysseus and his men took out the Cyclops’ eye and he started screaming. The other Cyclops went running to check if Polyphemus was ok and asked
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