Read the excerpt from The Odyssey. ‘O hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if I am thine indeed, and thou art father: gra
nt that Odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home: Laertes' son, I mean, who kept his hail on Ithaca. Should destiny intend that he shall see his roof again among his family in his father land, far be that day, and dark the years between. Let him lose all companions, and return under strange sail to bitter days at home.' What motivates the Cyclops to ask Poseidon for the demise of Odysseus and all his men? Check all that apply. He hates all the Greeks because they destroyed Troy. He wants revenge for the loss of his eye. He thinks all of mankind is weak and feeble. He is angered by Odysseus’s taunts.
The correct answers are He wants revenge for the loss of his eye and He is angered by Odysseus' taunts.
Polyphemus is a cyclopes. He is also son of Poseidon. One night, Odysseus and his men found themselves stuck in a cave with the cyclopes (which are one-eyed, men-eating giants) and decided to blind him in order to escape. They got him drunk and with using a sharp-pointed stick they stuck it in his eye, plucking it out.
