Question

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey. 'Cyclops, try some wine. Here's liquor to wash down your scraps of men. Taste it, and see the kind of drink we carried under our planks. I meant it for an offering if you would help us home. But you are mad, unbearable, a bloody monster! After this, will any other traveler come to see you?' What best describes why Odysseus gave his wine to the Cyclops? He is hoping the wine will cheer up the Cyclops enough to set them free. He intends to make the Cyclops his friend by being kind to him. He plans to distract the Cyclops while his men escape through the entrance. He wants to trick the Cyclops by getting him drunk and weakening him.

Answer 1

Odysseus gave his wine to the Cyclops because he wanted to trick the Cyclops by getting him drunk and weakening him.

Cyclops captured Odysseus and his men in his cave and treated them in the most inhospitable manner. To come out from his captivity, Odysseus makes a strategy. He makes his drink very strong and offers it to Cyclops. After consuming the drink, Cyclops passes out. With the help of a burning piece of wood, Odysseus blinds Cyclops. This was the escape plan of Odysseus in order to run out of his cave.

Answer 2

He wants to to trick the Cyclops be getting him drunk and weakening him